Finally, one rumor all but accused us of conducting an elaborate xenofetish experiment that would only end in tears. To the general concerns, I could have added several more. Was he attached to me because of the mission experience? Did that mental connection that I couldn’t speak about and my helping him with his nightmares constitute some kind of undue influence? If so, would the influence fade as soon as he was once more in a full Sadiri community with all the telepathic support that entailed? “Oh, shut up, Gilda,” I said irritably. “You’d think I was going to marry the man, with all that
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