noon
It was good to sleep in a soft human-type bed again , to eat breakfast and shave and dress in ordinary human clothing again . But Bart folded his Lhari tights and the cloak tenderly , with regret . They were the memory of an experience no one else would ever have . Raynor Three let him take the controls as they flew back to the spaceport city ; and a little before noon they entered the great crystal pylon that was the headquarters of the Federation Trade Bureau on Procyon Alpha . Men and Lhari were moving in the lobby ; among them Bart saw Vorongil , Meta at his side . He smiled at her , received a wan smile in return . Would Vorongil feel that Bart had deceived him , betrayed him , when he heard Bart today ?