1. WINNER, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 1973
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2. Based on the Novel by
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3. She stopped moving.
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4. Now we can't play
with her anymore.
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5. Careful! It's Master Sinh.
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6. Look, Father.
A female Om and her baby.
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7. You think she's dead?
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8. I'm afraid so, Tiwa.
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9. Why's the baby making noise?
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10. It depends.
He could be frightened or hungry.
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11. We can't leave him here.
Let me keep him.
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12. Please, Father.
I'll take care of him.
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13. All right, Tiwa.
We can't let this animal die.
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14. Thus I first heard the name
of the Grand Master of the Draags.
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15. In saving my life,
he linked my fate to his.
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16. Mother!
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17. Look at the little Om.
Isn't he cute?
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18. His mother's dead.
I'm going to keep him.
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19. He's very pretty, Tiwa.
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20. Tiwa, you disturbed
your mother's meditation.
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21. If you can't discipline that animal,
I'll have to take it away.
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22. But Father, he ran off.
He needs a collar.
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23. You must learn to use it. Watch.
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24. Set the animal down.
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25. How fun! Let me try.
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26. Not so fast!
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27. The animal's delicate.
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28. You might hurt him.
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29. What are you going to call him?
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30. Tiwa, like me.
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31. That's not an Om's name.
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32. Call it Trusty or Frisky.
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33. Look at him wriggle,
the little terror!
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34. I'll call him Terr.
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35. I was forgotten about.
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36. A baby Om is nothing
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37. compared to the extraordinary
importance of their meditation,
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38. that strange ritual to which my masters
devoted most of their time
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39. and which seemed to be
their chief concern.
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40. Contrary to projections,
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41. the housing unit factory
on our Uva at Goham
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42. has not met
its new production target.
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43. The worker machines
show unusual wear,
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44. and that seems
to have caused the lag.
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45. - Master Taj, can you explain?
- We don't yet know the reason.
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46. In the meantime,
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47. we'll use reserve worker machines
to meet the schedule.
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48. I don't understand.
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49. The machines have worked
perfectly up till now.
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50. Have you had
the same problem on other Uvas?
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51. Only machines from our space flight
to Planet Antax 4...
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52. had some trouble
completing their program.
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53. Master Sinh, our scientists
attribute this decline in activity
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54. to a rupture in their system
of emotional equilibrium.
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55. Our scientists also noted
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56. that animals
brought from Planet Terra
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57. had a high level
of savibon and intelligence.
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58. I'm not so sure they're correct.
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59. It's clear that this animal
has adaptive capabilities.
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60. But is that intelligence?
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61. The little pet you're stroking
between meditations
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62. may well surprise you one day.
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63. Films made on Terra reveal
numerous traces of organized life.
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64. These adaptive capabilities
you mention, Master Kah,
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65. may indicate
an advanced evolutionary state.
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66. Oms have a much shorter
life span than us,
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67. but keep in mind that
they reproduce much more rapidly.
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68. Whether this animal evolves or not,
Master Sinh,
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69. we have yet to establish.
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70. What we have established
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71. is the considerable damage
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72. caused by Oms
on the Uvas of Jexte and Télèze.
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73. The number of domesticated Oms
is easy to verify,
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74. but the number of wild Oms
is probably much greater
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75. than is generally acknowledged.
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76. We de-Om the enclaves
of wild Oms every three cycles,
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77. but I wonder if that's often enough.
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78. Few weapons remain effective
in the long term.
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79. Forceful measures must be taken.
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80. New ways to fight them
are currently being researched,
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81. but I doubt they will suffice.
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82. Tiwa, go play somewhere else.
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83. I'm sorry.
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84. Imagination was so rich today.
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85. This animal is a pest!
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86. Think nothing of it.
Our children all love those animals.
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87. I grew up fast in that slow world,
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88. for a Draag week
was equal to one of my years.
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89. I was just a living plaything
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90. that sometimes dared to rebel.
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91. Tiwa loved me.
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92. "Terr loves Tiwa."
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93. Repeat.
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94. Terr loves Tiwa. Repeat.
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95. Tiwa received her education
through a headset.
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96. The lessons were transmitted
directly into the brain...
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97. and engraved in the memory forever.
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98. "Our planet Ygam
has just one satellite,
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99. the Wild Planet,
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100. which is uninhabited
and is used for meditation.
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101. Ygam is divided
into several Uvas.
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102. Two of them, Strom and Yot,
are natural and symmetrical.
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103. Urtana is the largest Uva
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104. and is completely covered
with blue assanic blocks.
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105. Furthermore, temperatures there
range from 8 to 243 laiks,
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106. making exploitation impossible.
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107. Our Uva, Goham,
has a fepular inland sea
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108. that stabilizes the apenosh
at about 25 laiks.
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109. Fixation blocks
combat pontic ribation,
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110. and emmaliate domes
regulate pressure.
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111. All Uvas undergo a cycle
of three seasons of differing lengths.
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112. The season
of garus crystallization..."
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113. By accident
I too was able to acquire
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114. the Draags' knowledge.
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115. "When the soil peels,
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116. dense vegetation replaces all mosks
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117. with similar mosks."
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118. I liked the lessons
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119. and did my best
to make the most of them.
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120. "The cliffs on the fepular sea
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121. are eroded
by rains that often last..."
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122. Tiwa, bring your animal over here.
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123. Jurgal has his here.
We'll have some fun.
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124. I don't want him hurt.
Jurgal's Om is like a ferocious animal.
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125. He nearly tore
Terr's ears off the other day!
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126. He won't hurt your Om.
Come play!
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127. Come see!
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128. Let's have Terr fight.
It will be more fun.
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129. Terr will win. He's really wild.
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130. Go fight.
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131. - He sings well.
- Terr can sing too.
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132. Sing, Terr. Go on.
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133. - He'll strangle him!
- I don't know what he's doing.
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134. What a horrid animal!
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135. "It's easy to see
a tark's fladed musculature
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136. because the animal
is easily skinned."
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137. You hear the Om?
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138. He's reciting Tiwa's lesson.
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139. She loves Terr so much
that she's never without him.
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140. You think he understands
what he's saying?
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141. I don't think so.
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142. Anyway, I'll forbid Tiwa
to have the Om with her
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143. during her Infos.
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144. She has to study seriously.
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145. "Let us observe
the chiscinian muscle of a tark's leg.
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146. The chiscinian muscle
is a sinewy, threadlike vilore..."
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147. "The molog is an anviparous animal.
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148. It has over half a billion lucons,
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149. and the entire surface of their walls
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150. is made up of tiny cells
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151. separated by very thin sheets
of organure.
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152. Some scientists today believe
it is not organure
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153. but gambous amalga,
an artificial structure..."
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154. Is Terr with you again
during your Infos?
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155. I told you not to do that.
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156. Back to the Omerie!
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157. He doesn't disturb me, Father,
and he's so happy.
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158. The Infos are for you.
Back to your studies now.
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159. The day came for the Draag children
to meditate for the first time.
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160. The initiation ceremony
was an essential step
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161. on their road to knowledge.
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162. Tiwa's interest in me
had been fading for some time.
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163. As she grew into her teens,
she gave up her playthings.
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164. I could no longer
make use of the lessons.
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165. I decided to run away.
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166. Mother, I can't find Terr!
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167. And my headset is gone.
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168. Then use your bracelet.
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169. But if he's far away,
I'll hurt him.
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170. Put your bracelet
on maximum right now!
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171. No, Mother...
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172. You're not very bright,
like all tame Oms.
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173. - But you have a collar too.
- It's a fake, to fool the Draags.
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174. What's that?
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175. A device invented by the Draags.
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176. A what?
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177. A Draag device.
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178. Listen.
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179. "Valio cycle, Info 4.
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180. You will observe
that searching for aklons
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181. in pernetrope in space
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182. is carried out
in the same way as on land.
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183. Note that the search
is not only for festation groups..."
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184. Don't be afraid.
It's not dangerous.
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185. Where are you taking it?
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186. - I don't know.
- Follow me.
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187. My new friend
took me to her people,
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188. who lived hidden in the Big Tree
deep in an abandoned park.
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189. This tame Om looked ridiculous
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190. in his first encounter
with wild Oms.
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191. Don't touch that case.
It's a trap!
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192. Since I had brought the headset
of knowledge to the Big Tree,
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193. the wizard opposed me
from the start.
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194. We've brought five cases, Chief.
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195. Is that all?
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196. One of the cases was a trap,
and Frisky is dead.
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197. He knew the case was a trap.
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198. He's a tame Om, Chief.
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199. He escaped
with a Draag device
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200. that taught him
how to read Draag writing.
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201. I'm sure he can't read.
Ask what's in the cases.
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202. Does the tame Om know
what's in that case there?
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203. Yes. Colored powder.
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204. "... temperatures there
range from 8 to 243 laiks,
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205. making exploitation impossible.
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206. Our Uva Goham
has a fepular inland sea
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207. that stabilizes the apenosh
at about 25 laiks.
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208. Fixation blocks
offset pontic rebation,
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209. and emmaliate domes
regulate pressure.
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210. The two other Uvas,
Jexte and Télèze,
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211. are full of craters —"
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212. - Why did you stop the Infos?
- Draag knowledge is evil.
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213. We Oms don't need it.
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214. We're not tame Oms.
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215. It's a grave offense.
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216. You must fight
as set forth in the law.
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217. Bring the combat animals.
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218. You're the winner.
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219. Stay with the Oms of the Big Tree.
You can be of use to us.
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220. Tomorrow we set off
on an expedition.
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221. It was my first expedition
to steal food from the Draags.
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222. We came back
loaded with spoils.
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223. Take heart.
The Big Tree isn't far now.
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224. The Hollow Bush bandits!
Watch out!
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225. Why did they attack us?
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226. They're the Hollow Bush gang.
Beware of them.
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227. They're thieves
from the other side of the park.
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228. "In the third millennium before Kraup,
the Great Zarek created
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229. the first pyramic civilization.
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230. Legend says that from his tomb
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231. he still animates the ball of life,
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232. that his body, though constantly
pierced by projectiles,
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233. does not change,
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234. and that his mind has regularly
traversed the skies of Ygam
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235. ever since the Draags,
under his direction,
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236. fought off
the first Yanko invaders.
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237. Certain experts believe
this is how meditation came about.
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238. Others believe
that Zarek is immortal
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239. and that from the flames of time
he reappears in reality,
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240. whirling in infinite forms,
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241. to fight the part of the Draag spirit
that wishes to die.
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242. In fact...
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243. after the pyramic civilization,
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244. the Draags fought off
Yanko invasions..."
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245. The Oms are learning.
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246. If only we had more headsets.
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247. Terr, you're as learned
as the Draags.
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248. I'm barely learning to write.
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249. Look.
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250. Are you sure?
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251. You're sure
you read it correctly?
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252. Yes, "de-Om" is written
on all the park walls.
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253. - What does it mean?
- The Draags mean to kill all the Oms.
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254. I witnessed
a de-Omization long ago.
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255. It was horrible.
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256. But we're not in any great danger
now here in our tree.
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257. What are we going to do?
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258. - It was bound to happen.
- Anyway, we have time to prepare.
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259. We'll post sentries.
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260. They're out to slaughter us
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261. as punishment
for stealing their knowledge.
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262. Let us pray to the Wild Planet.
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263. The sentries will warn us
of the Draags' approach.
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264. We'll see tomorrow.
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265. What were you doing
in our territory?
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266. I came to warn you. The Draags
intend to de-Om the park tomorrow.
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267. De-Om the park? You don't say!
How do you know?
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268. A member of our group
read the writing on the walls.
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269. So the Oms in the Big Tree
can read Draag writing now?
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270. Don't listen to him.
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271. It's a trap to lure us out
of the Hollow Bush.
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272. You must believe me!
They're going to de-Om.
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273. Take him away!
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274. Someone go look at the walls.
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275. Listen!
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276. Draags!
- Quiet!
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277. - It smells of Oms here.
- The vermin!
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278. The Masters should decontaminate
the area more often.
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279. A tame Om is fun as a pet,
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280. but wild Oms steal,
and they're dirty,
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281. and they reproduce
at an alarming rate.
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282. There's a nest in the gutter!
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283. It's a whole colony!
Let's kill them.
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284. The chief is dead.
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285. Stop blubbering like children.
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286. We must go
where the Draags can't find us.
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287. I know a place.
I'll take you there.
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288. This road leads
to an abandoned rocket dump.
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289. We'll be safe there.
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290. I denounce the decision to de-Om
only once every three cycles.
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291. Recent events have shown
how ineffective that is!
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292. A Draag murdered!
Unbelievable!
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293. Are we so weak
that Oms can kill us so easily?
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294. Wild Oms are much more numerous
than we imagined.
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295. The body showed
numerous bites and wounds.
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296. According to the Draag
who managed to escape,
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297. there were
great numbers of Oms.
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298. The wild Oms are becoming
bolder by the day.
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299. They reproduce
at a terrifying rate!
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300. Master Sinh,
it's disturbing to note
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301. that the Uva of Télèze
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302. was not the only one
that was very difficult to de-Om.
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303. Two other Uvas,
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304. Goham and Urtana...
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305. have presented similar problems.
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306. In the de-Omed park
near where the Draag was killed,
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307. we found two surprisingly
well-organized lairs.
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308. Most disturbing
and inexplicable of all
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309. was that in one of them,
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310. boxes were sorted
according to their contents,
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311. yet they hadn't been opened!
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312. How could the Oms know
what they contained?
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313. Master Sinh, it's high time
we take truly effective measures.
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314. I suggest we de-Om the parks
twice per cycle.
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315. I also request that the breeding
and sale of tame Oms
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316. be strictly regulated.
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317. Too often
they return to the wild
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318. and swell the numbers of Oms
living in the parks
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319. and other isolated areas.
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320. It's time to use
the new de-Oming weaponry
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321. we've heard so much about.
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322. All wild Oms
must be exterminated.
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323. And I ask you:
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324. Should we keep our tame Oms?
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325. You're wrong to consider Oms
as merely vicious animals.
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326. I fear we're committing an error
fraught with consequences.
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327. Three seasons
had passed on Ygam,
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328. the equivalent
of 15 of our years.
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329. The Draag rocket graveyard
had long been abandoned,
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330. and there we built our city.
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331. But the Wild Planet
was where we wanted to go.
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332. Many Oms joined us,
both tame and wild.
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333. The knowledge acquired
via the headset
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334. enabled us to use
sophisticated technology
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335. to reduce Draag
rocket components to our size.
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336. "Trinur is a white metal
that palsifies matoir.
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337. Careful reculidization gives it
an exceptional metallic sheen."
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338. We've succeeded, Terr.
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339. The first two rockets
are ready for testing.
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340. The others just need more time.
- We must hurry.
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341. Many tame Om informers
have warned us
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342. that there will be
a large-scale de-Omization.
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343. The Draags may know where we are.
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344. We must send up
our two rockets at once
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345. to see if the Wild Planet
will support life.
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346. We can't wait any longer.
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347. It's a pity
I won't be going with you.
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348. But I'm not afraid.
I'm sure you'll succeed.
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349. I know you'll build a new world
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350. where Oms can be happy,
far away from the Draags.
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351. The Wild Planet will be our planet,
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352. a world for our children.
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353. You must go.
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354. You must hurry.
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355. You must...
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356. We had at last discovered
the Draags' secret.
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357. The Draags used
their meditation spheres
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358. to meet beings from other galaxies
on the Wild Planet
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359. and hold strange nuptial rites.
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360. This union gave them
the vital energy they needed
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361. while also guaranteeing
the survival of their species.
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362. We were gripped by fear.
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363. The statues' huge feet
might crush our rockets.
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364. By chance we found
the Draags' only weak point.
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365. The de-Omization
on Ygam was halted.
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366. Never have the Draags
faced such great danger.
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367. Our entire civilization is threatened!
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368. The Oms are taking revenge!
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369. They have amazing
scientific equipment!
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370. - They must be stopped!
- They must be exterminated!
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371. It may be too late.
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372. Neither the Oms nor the Draags
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373. stand to gain
from mutual destruction.
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374. We must try
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375. to make peace!
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376. "Since the Sinh era,
the epoch of the Masters of Ygam,
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377. the Draag civilization has
undergone a remarkable evolution.
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378. Instructed in Draag
philosophy and technology,
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379. the Oms now provide the Draags
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380. with a dynamic and vital
new way of thinking.
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381. Our planet now has two satellites,
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382. one natural and one artificial.
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383. The natural satellite,
the Wild Planet,
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384. is reserved
for Draag meditation.
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385. The artificial satellite
was created by the Oms,
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386. and they called it Terr.
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387. The Oms live in huge cities
on the various Uvas..."
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