"So did we," Keith said. "But the Redbirds dropped us over a tower,
down a chute. I don't know why."
Rhone said, "The Redbirds fight for us too. We pay them. For every body
they bring to us, they receive pay. A kind of drug."
She stared from Danton to Keith, then at Van Ness. "You three seem to
know one another. I'll find out from Weisser." She started to tune in
the communicator on her wrist. Keith stopped her. "Don't bother," he
said. "I've already talked to Weisser. This man here has been lying.
I'll tell you the truth."
Danton had been afraid of this. "Keith! Don't tell them anything!" But
he knew somehow that his own game was over. It had never had a chance.
Even without Keith's selling out, it wouldn't have had a chance. It was
walking the road bravely that counted, anyway....