| Tteel Kkak directed one of the younger clan members | | | | wires dangling from the end. He used his rodentlike |
| to demonstrate his prowess by slicing into the main | | | | claws to peel back the access plate of the bridge |
| bridge computer to download the registry number and | | | | panel and squealed as sparks flew when he |
| owner of the vessel, just in case there might be some | | | | connected the wires. He jammed the leads into other |
| large bounty, a reward for simply reporting the | | | | pickups, tapped into the dying energy in the ship's |
| whereabouts of the hulk--after they had stripped it of | | | | backup batteries, and called up the information in |
| all valuables, of course. The young clan member Tteel | | | | flickering green phosphor letters across the screen. |
| Kkak's third sister's fifth son by her primary mate pulled | | | | The captain of the ship had been a humanoid named |
| out a scuffed, flatscreen reader with stripped raw | | | | Grizzid, and Tteel Kkak's fantasies diminished. |