Dane, with the now resigned Sinbad in the crook3 of his arm, had tailed his guest and arrived just in time to see the native come to an abrupt4 halt before one of the most important doors in the spacer—the portal of the hydro garden which renewed the ship's oxygen and supplied them with fresh fruit and vegetables to vary their diet of concentrates.
The Salarik laid one hand on the smooth surface of the sealed compartment5 and looked back over his shoulder at Dane with an inquiry6 to which was added something of a plea. Guided by his instinct—that this was important to them all—Dane spoke7 to Mura:
"Can you let him in there, Frank?"
It was not sensible, it might even be dangerous. But every member of the crew knew the necessity for making some sort of contact with the natives. Mura did not even nod, but squeezed by the Salarik and pressed the lock. There was a sign of air, and the crisp smell of growing things, lacking the languorous8 perfumes of the world outside, puffed9 into the faces.
The cub10 remained where he was, his head up, his wide nostrils11 visibly drinking in that smell. Then he moved with the silent, uncanny speed which was the heritage of his race, darting12 down the narrow aisle13 toward a mass of greenery at the far end.
Sinbad kicked and growled14. This was his private hunting ground—the preserve he kept free of invaders15. Dane put the cat down. The Salarik had found what he was seeking. He stood on tiptoe to sniff16 at a plant, his yellow eyes half closed, his whole stance spelling ecstasy17. Dane looked to the steward for enlightenment.
"What's he so interested in, Frank?"
"Catnip."
"Catnip?" Dane repeated. The word meant nothing to him, but Mura had a habit of picking up strange plants and cultivating them for study. "What is it?"
"One of the Terran mints—an herb," Mura gave a short explanation as he moved down the aisle toward the alien. He broke off a leaf and crushed it between his fingers.
Dane, his sense of smell largely deadened by the pungency18 with which he had been surrounded by most of that day, could distinguish no new odor. But the young Salarik swung around to face the steward his eyes wide, his nose questing. And Sinbad gave a whining19 yowl and made a spring to push his head against the steward's now aromatic20 hand.
So—now they had it—an opening wedge. Dane came up to the three.
"All right to take a leaf or two?" he asked Mura.
"Why not? I grow it for Sinbad. To a cat it is like heemel smoke or a tankard of lackibod."
And by Sinbad's actions Dane guessed that the plant did hold for the cat the same attraction those stimulants21 produced in human beings. He carefully broke off a small stem supporting three leaves and presented it to the Salarik, who stared at him and then, snatching the twig22, raced from the hydro garden as if pursued by feuding23 clansmen.
Dane heard the pad of his feet on the ladder—apparently the cub was making sure of escape with his precious find. But the Cargo-master apprentice26 was frowning. As far as he could see there were only five of the plants.
"That's all the catnip you have?"
Mura tucked Sinbad under his arm and shooed Dane before him out of the hydro. "There was no need to grow more. A small portion of the herb goes a long way with this one," he put the cat down in the corridor. "The leaves may be preserved by drying. I believe that there is a small box of them in the galley27."
A strictly28 limited supply. Suppose this was the key which would unlock the Koros trade? And yet it was to be summed up in five plants and a few dried leaves! However, Van Rycke must know of this as soon as possible.
But to Dane's growing discomfiture29 the Cargo-master showed no elation30 as his junior poured out the particulars of his discovery. Instead there were definite signs of displeasure to be read by those who knew Van Rycke well. He heard Dane out and then got to his feet. Tolling31 the younger man with him by a crooked32 finger, he went out of his combined office-living quarters to the domain33 of Medic Craig Tau.
"Problem for you, Craig." Van Rycke seated his bulk on the wall jump seat Tau pulled down for him. Dane was left standing34 just within the door, very sure now that instead of being commended for his discovery of a few minutes before, he was about to suffer some reprimand. And the reason for it still eluded35 him.
"What do you know about that plant Mura grows in the hydro—the one called 'catnip'?"
Tau did not appear surprised at that demand—the Medic of a Free Trading spacer was never surprised at anything. He had his surfeit36 of shocks during his first years of service and after that accepted any occurrence, no matter how weird37, as matter-of-fact. In addition Tau's hobby was "magic," the hidden knowledge possessed38 and used by witch doctors and medicine men on alien worlds. He had a library of recordings39, odd scraps40 of information, of certified41 results of certain very peculiar42 experiments. Now and then he wrote a report which was sent into Central Service, read with raised eyebrows43 by perhaps half a dozen incredulous desk warmers, and filed away to be safely forgotten. But even that had ceased to frustrate44 him.
"It's an herb of the mint family from Terra," he replied. "Mura grows it for Sinbad—has quite a marked influence on cats. Frank's been trying to keep him anchored to the ship by allowing him to roll in fresh leaves. He does it—then continues to sneak45 out whenever he can—"
That explained something for Dane—why the Salariki cub wished to enter the Queen tonight. Some of the scent46 of the plant had clung to Sinbad's fur, had been detected, and the Salarik had wanted to trace it to its source.
"In the way that all herbs are drugs. Human beings have dosed themselves in the past with a tea made of the dried leaves. It has no great medicinal properties. To felines48 it is a stimulation—and they get the same satisfaction from rolling in and eating the leaves as we do from drinking—"
Tau straightened. "The Salariki have discovered catnip, I take it?"
Van Rycke nodded at Dane and for the second time the Cargo-master apprentice made his report. When he was done Van Rycke asked a direct question of the medical officer:
"What effect would catnip have on a Salarik?"
It was only then that Dane grasped the enormity of what he had done. They had no way of gauging50 the influence of an off-world plant on alien metabolism51. What if he had introduced to the natives of Sargol a dangerous drug—started that cub on some path of addiction52. He was cold inside. Why, he might even have poisoned the child!
Tau picked up his cap, and after a second's hesitation53, his emergency medical kit54. He had only one question for Dane.
And Dane, chill with real fear, was forced to answer in the negative. What had he done!
"Can you find him?" Van Rycke, ignoring Dane, spoke to Tau.
The Medic shrugged55. "I can try. I was out scouting56 this morning—met one of the storm priests who handles their medical work. But I wasn't welcomed. However, under the circumstances, we have to try something—"
In the corridor Van Rycke had an order for Dane. "I suggest that you keep to quarters, Thorson, until we know how matters stand."
Dane saluted57. That note in his superior's voice was like a whip lash—much worse to take than the abuse of a lesser58 man. He swallowed as he shut himself into his own cramped59 cubby. This might be the end of their venture. And they would be lucky if their charter was not withdrawn61. Let I-S get an inkling of his rash action and the Company would have them up before the Board to be stripped of all their rights in the Service. Just because of his own stupidity—his pride in being able to break through where Van Rycke and the Captain had faced a stone wall. And, worse than the future which could face the Queen, was the thought that he might have introduced some dangerous drug into Sargol with his gift of those few leaves. When would he learn? He threw himself face down on his bunk62 and despondently63 pictured the string of calamities64 which could and maybe would stem from his thoughtless and hasty action.
Within the Queen night and day were mechanical—the lighting65 in the cabins did not vary much. Dane did not know how long he lay there forcing his mind to consider his stupid action, making himself face that in the Service there were no short cuts which endangered others—not unless those taking the risks were Terrans.
"Dane—!" Rip Shannon's voice cut through his self-imposed nightmare. But he refused to answer. "Dane—Van wants you on the double!"
Why? To bring him up before Jellico probably. Dane schooled his expression, got up, pulling his tunic66 straight, still unable to meet Rip's eyes. Shannon was just one of those he had let down so badly. But the other did not notice his mood. "Wait 'til you see them—! Half Sargol must be here yelling for trade!"
That comment was so far from what he had been expecting that Dane was startled out of his own gloomy thoughts. Rip's brown face was one wide smile, his black eyes danced—it was plain he was honestly elated.
"Get a move on, fire rockets," he urged, "or Van will blast you for fair!"
Dane did move, up the ladder to the next level and out on the port ramp60. What he saw below brought him up short. Evening had come to Sargol but the scene immediately below was not in darkness. Blazing torches advanced in lines from the grass forest and the portable flood light of the spacer added to the general glare, turning night into noonday.
Van Rycke and Jellico sat on stools facing at least five of the seven major chieftains with whom they had conferred to no purpose earlier. And behind these leaders milled a throng67 of lesser Salariki. Yes, there was at least one carrying chair—and also an orgel from the back of which a veiled noblewoman was being assisted to dismount by two retainers. The women of the clans24 were coming—which could mean only that trade was at last in progress. But trade for what?
Dane strode down the ramp. He saw Paft, his hand carefully covered by his trade cloth, advance to Van Rycke, whose own fingers were decently veiled by a handkerchief. Under the folds of fabric68 their hands touched. The bargaining was in the first stages. And it was important enough for the clan leaders to conduct themselves. Where, according to Cam's records, it had been usual to delegate that power to a favored liege man.
Catching69 the light from the ship's beam and from the softer flares70 of the Salariki torches was a small pile of stones resting on a stool to one side. Dane drew a deep breath. He had heard the Koros stones described, had seen the tri-dee print of one found among Cam's recordings but the reality was beyond his expectations. He knew the technical analysis of the gems71—that they were, as the amber73 of Terra, the fossilized resin74 exuded75 by ancient plants (maybe the ancestors of the grass trees) long buried in the saline deposits of the shallow seas where chemical changes had taken place to produce the wonder jewels. In color they shaded from a rosy76 apricot to a rich mauve, but in their depths other colors, silver, fiery77 gold, spun78 sparks which seemed to move as the gem72 was turned. And—which was what first endeared them to the Salariki—when worn against the skin and warmed by body heat they gave off a perfume which enchanted79 not only the Sargolian natives but all in the Galaxy80 wealthy enough to own one.
On another stool placed at Van Rycke's right hand, as that bearing the Koros stones was at Paft's, was a transparent81 plastic box containing some wrinkled brownish leaves. Dane moved as unobtrusively as he could to his proper place at such a trading session, behind Van Rycke. More Salariki were tramping out of the forest, torch bearing retainers and cloaked warriors82. A little to one side was a third party Dane had not seen before.
They were clustered about a staff which had been driven into the ground, a staff topped with a white streamer marking a temporary trading ground. These were Salariki right enough but they did not wear the colorful garb83 of those about them, instead they were all clad alike in muffling84, sleeved robes of a drab green—the storm priests—their robes denoting the color of the Sargolian sky just before the onslaught of their worst tempests. Cam had not left many clues concerning the religion of the Salariki, but the storm priests had, in narrowly defined limits, power, and their recognition of the Terran Traders would add to good feeling.
In the knot of storm priests a Terran stood—Medic Tau—and he was talking earnestly with the leader of the religious party. Dane would have given much to have been free to cross and ask Tau a question or two. Was all this assembly the result of the discovery in the hydro? But even as he asked himself that, the trade cloths were shaken from the hands of the bargainers and Van Rycke gave an order over his shoulder.
"Measure out two spoonsful of the dried leaves into a box—" he pointed85 to a tiny plastic container.
With painstaking86 care Dane followed directions. At the same time a servant of the Salarik chief swept the handful of gems from the other stool and dropped them in a heap before Van Rycke, who transferred them to a strong box resting between his feet. Paft arose—but he had hardly quitted the trading seat before one of the lesser clan leaders had taken his place, the bargaining cloth ready looped loosely about his wrist.
It was at that point that the proceedings87 were interrupted. A new party came into the open, their utilitarian88 Trade tunics89 made a drab blot90 as they threaded their way in a compact group through the throng of Salariki. I-S men! So they had not lifted from Sargol.
They showed no signs of uneasiness—it was as if their rights were being infringed91 by the Free Traders. And Kallee, their Cargo-master, swaggered straight to the bargaining point. The chatter92 of Salariki voices was stilled, the Sargolians withdrew a little, letting one party of Terrans face the other, sensing drama to come. Neither Van Rycke nor Jellico spoke, it was left to Kallee to state his case.
"You've crooked your orbit this time, bright boys," his jeer93 was a paean94 of triumph. "Code Three—Article six—or can't you absorb rules tapes with your thick heads?"
Code Three—Article six, Dane searched his memory for that law of the Service. The words flashed into his mind as the auto-learner had planted them during his first year of training back in the Pool.
"To no alien race shall any Trader introduce any drug, food, or drink from off world, until such a substance has been certified as nonharmful to the aliens."
There it was! I-S had them and it was all his fault. But if he had been so wrong, why in the world did Van Rycke sit there trading, condoning95 the error and making it into a crime for which they could be summoned before the Board and struck off the rolls of the Service?
Van Rycke smiled gently. "Code Four—Article two," he quoted with the genial96 air of one playing gift-giver at a Forkidan feasting.
Code Four, Article two: Any organic substance offered for trade must be examined by a committee of trained medical experts, an equal representation of Terrans and aliens.
"Tau!" Van Rycke called to the Medic with the storm priests. "Will you ask your colleague to be so kind as to allow the Cargo-master Kallee to be presented?"
The tall, dark young Terran Medic spoke to the priest beside him and together they came across the clearing. Van Rycke and Jellico both arose and inclined their heads in honor to the priests, as did the chief with whom they had been about to deal.
"Reader of clouds and master of many winds," Tau's voice flowed with the many voweled titles of the Sargolian, "may I bring before your face Cargo-master Kallee, a servant of Inter-Solar in the realm of Trade?"
The storm priest's shaven skull98 and body gleamed steel gray in the light. His eyes, of that startling blue-green, regarded the I-S party with cynical99 detachment.
"You wish of me?" Plainly he was one who believed in getting down to essentials at once.
Kallee could not be overawed. "These Free Traders have introduced among your people a powerful drug which will bring much evil," he spoke slowly in simple words as if he were addressing a cub.
"You have evidence of such evil?" countered the storm priest. "In what manner is this new plant evil?"
For a moment Kallee was disconcerted. But he rallied quickly. "It has not been tested—you do not know how it will affect your people—"
The storm priest shook his head impatiently. "We are not lacking in intelligence, Trader. This plant has been tested, both by your master of life secrets and ours. There is no harm in it—rather it is a good thing, to be highly prized—so highly that we shall give thanks that it was brought unto us. This speech-together is finished." He pulled the loose folds of his robe closer about him and walked away.
"Now," Van Rycke addressed the I-S party, "I must ask you to withdraw. Under the rules of Trade your presence here can be actively100 resented—"
But Kallee had lost little of his assurance. "You haven't heard the last of this. A tape of the whole proceedings goes to the Board—"
"As you wish. But in the meantime—" Van Rycke gestured to the waiting Salariki who were beginning to mutter impatiently. Kallee glanced around, heard those mutters, and made the only move possible, away from the Queen. He was not quite so cocky, but neither had he surrendered.
Dane caught at Tau's sleeve and asked the question which had been burning in him since he had come upon the scene.
"What happened—about the catnip?"
There was lightening of the serious expression on Tau's face.
"Fortunately for you that child took the leaves to the storm priest. They tested and approved it. And I can't see that it has any ill effects. But you were just lucky, Thorson—it might have gone another way."
Dane sighed. "I know that, sir," he confessed. "I'm not trying to rocket out—"
Tau gave a half-smile. "We all off-fire our tubes at times," he conceded. "Only next time—"
He did not need to complete that warning as Dane caught him up:
"There isn't going to be a next time like this, sir—ever!"
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