At a meeting in Tabitha Falkayn's house:
"Arinnian wondered if the tension he felt was in the atmosphere or his solitary mind." (p. 593)
No way, the solitary mind.
Causes of tension:
two species;
two sexes;
two sides in a war;
personal jealousies and animosities.
Draun (Ythrian, male) looks surly, strokes his dirk and is anti-Terran.
Eyath (Ythrian, female) dislikes Draun and is a close galemate of Arinnian (human, male, human name "Christopher Holm").
Tabitha Falkayn (human, female, choth name "Hrill") is the business partner of Draun, who is her superior officer in the home-guard, and has become engaged to Philippe Rochefort, to the discomfiture of Arinnian.
Rochefort (human, male) is a Terran prisoner of war and Tabitha's house guest.
Much conflict will ensue.
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