... The sun was high before we struck the camp While the others were packing up the last oddments, ready for the saddle, I gave the girl Kyla the task of readying the rucksacks we'd carry after the ... considering "The People of the Sky—" (using the trailmen's name for themselves) "—don't like outsiders, but they might be persuaded The worst part would be getting there The plane, or the 'copter, ... in the forest they can live and find their own food; they will not starve or die Many of them prefer the forest life to living in the Nests, and they will fight away any male who comes near them...