"Aldebaran Four."
The Lhari said in his own language, "We should have Margil in here. He
actually saw them."
The other replied, "But I saw the machine that disintegrated. I still
say there was enough protoplasm residue for two bodies."
Bart fought to keep his face perfectly straight.
"Did anyone come into your cabin?" The Lhari asked in Universal.
"Only the steward. Why? Is something wrong?"
"There iss some thought that a stowaway might be on boarrd. Of courrrse
we could not allow that, anyone not prrroperly prrotected would die in
the first shift into warp-drive."
"Just the steward," Bart said again. "A Mentorian."