“It’s humans who hate your kind,” Gambler said. “They hate that you make it impossible for them to lie. And they hate us, the felivets, because we raise our voices against them in their mad wars for conquest. They have purged the world of dairnes, but we won’t be far behind. And then the raptidons will be brought down, and the terramants will find men with spears and arrows waiting for them at the mouths of their tunnels. In the end, humans will attempt to destroy even the natites, although there, they may have great difficulty. Still,” Gambler said with a heavy sigh, “never underestimate the
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