Return to EdenChapter 21
He was still berating himself mentally as he moved alone back up the entry tunnel, as he passed through the second bottleneck back aboveground, as he re-donned his clothes and backpack and laser, as he used his communicator to summon Cherney and ask her to bring extra supplies, as he lamely explained to the pilot that Meiersdottir and the baby would be remaining "for a time" and passed the supplies to the native males who had accompanied him, still even as he boarded the lander. But it was...