THE LONELY STAR (Contd. from BD birthday party)

[Mithadan]

Mithadan overheard Child's discussion with Angara about the mysterious Elf and leaned over the railing to look at the intruder and memorize his features. "Bears watching, eh?" mused Mithadan. "Then perhaps we shall watch him." He turned to Child and inquired about the location of the others. When he heard that they had entered the city with Kali and Levanto he became alarmed.

"Foolishness," he hissed. "Tramping about with members of two unknown races as if they were tourists gawking at the sights. We must be more careful than that." He asked Child to mind the ship while he sought out Pio, Birdland and the others. He strapped on his sword and bounded down the gangway. He did not notice a grey figure slipping out from behind the wall of a shop to follow him.