“The world is a complicated place,” Drast told a human lieutenant as they stood in the glowing shadows of endless images and data streams. “The smartest animal on Earth is also the least trustworthy. You can bloody well guess what a tiger will do, or a grizzly bear, or even a damn shark, but most humans? Hell, they can’t be counted on except to cut your throat . . . and they do that with a torgon smile on their face.”
