... Lhari; the ruby of Aldebaran (hail andfarewell, David Briscoe!); the bloodstone of Antares, where he hadlearned fear and the shape of integrity. The colors, the unknowable col-ors of space. ... passengers, then veering away. The gap in the starship's side was closing, and still Bart had not seen the tall, slim,flame-haired figure of his father. The port on the other side of the ship,he ... sore.You're human! Act proud of it!No one moved until he stood before the semicircle of ancients. Then the youngest, the only one of the eight with some trace of feathery creston his high gray...