Dragoika's apartment in the Gaarnokh Tower of the Castle of the Sisterhood in Toborkozan on Dawnside Bay on Imhotep:
floored with slate;
walled with granite;
gentled by tapestries;
books and a seashell goblet from Starkad;
bronze candelabrum;
silver;
glass;
a massive table;
ship-shaped couches.
The conversation is only between Dragoika and her youngest son, Targovi. Thus, no human beings are involved. There are similar scenes between Merseians on their home planet. Poul Anderson gives his nonhuman characters detailed physical environments to inhabit.
The Ensign Flandry cover shows Flandry and Dragoika during their earliest encounter back on Starkad when that planet still existed.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Mention was also made of how there had not been time for the Tigeries to bring many artifacts from Starkad. Primary effort had to be put in saving as many Tigeries as possible and the equipment needed for settling a new and strange planet.
Ad astra! Sean
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