... seen the tall, slim,flame-haired figure of his father. The port on the other side of the ship,he knew, was for loading passengers. Bart moved carefully through the thinning crowd, almost to the ... from the Lhari worlds! Theyhad dismissed him, scornfully, stolen cookie in hand—but maybe itwould be a bigger cookie than they dreamed! The exhilaration lasted through the tour of the port, through ... longing look at the colors of space, then turned his backon them, deliberately giving them up. He could not pay the price the Mentorians paid."No, Meta," he said huskily. " ;The Mentorian...