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Leave them those, give the Thurl's plants to the rest.

Well, the smell of the Thurl's herbs might last longer.

The Thurl spoke, his powerful voice cutting through all conversation.

Yes, and what the Thurl does not see did not happen.

The Thurl had outrun his party by a good distance.

The Thurl had been right from the first: herbs were more effective than fuel.

You might persuade us not to touch any dead who lie near the Thurl's walls.

Machine People had been taken during the attacks on the Thurl.

The Thurl pulled himself free of a ten of wives.

They are led by a single chief, called the Thurl, who has sole mating rights with females.

And there wasn't any ramp, until the Thurl bellowed his orders.

Two big hominid shapes followed, and then the much bigger Thurl.

She said none of that to the Thurl's heir.

The Thurl moved at a trot, away from the wall, to starboard-spin.

The Thurl seemed exceedingly alert for one who had been sleeping moments ago.

Beedj would have waited, too, but the Thurl's gesture sent him on.

He was burning more energy than the Thurl.

The Thurl asked, "How do your people deal with rishathra?"

Manack, what if your queen had a quarrel with the Thurl's people?

Grieving Tube began to explain, but the Thurl would not wait.

The Thurl said, "There was a region we all avoided.

The Thurl began talking much faster than Vala could follow.

The Thurl as host spoke for all, as protocol required, but briefly.

Night after night they sang outside the Thurl's wall.