He smiled. "You are impatient--and as becomes only a woman--curious!
You shall see, little white woman--blood-red things----" He gestured.
"Enough of that. But you shall realize how great is Rokk. I planned it
all. But now I shall have to change my plans a little. I had wanted
to show you and your friend--the little Frannie--to the men of this
world. So that they--our men--would know how beautiful women can be.
There is no time now, with the red things broken loose. We shall have
to be careful, my Leela. I shall send word to all the men everywhere
to have a care. . . . I wish Degg would come--but we can not wait for
him now. . . . There are animals, too, who should be guarded from these
roaming red vines I have grown. You have not seen our animals, Leela?
Degg has one--a very friendly thing; we call it Eeff. It is but half
human--and only half materialized into substance. A loyal friend, if it
likes you. But its mentality is that of an imbecile. . . . I talk too
much, like a loose-tongued woman. There is no time--we must start."