Lee smiled bitterly. 'Maybe I was hoping they'd kill me, Earthman. That would solve my problem. I've never felt so low. I haven't the courage either to face the Three-people or to go back to Rosala and so admit I'm a coward. The Creedos? They're nothing much. They're not cruel nor malicious--just plain and simple bundles of survival reflexes. Like the Melas Tree. I was never frightened of them; I've known what they are since I was a child. No, it's the things you know nothing about--except that they're evil and they certainly exist--that really scare you.
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