human
Good girl, said Dex, patting her satiny bare shoulder as he stood free again.
gpt
You're a sport and a gentleman. You don't understand the terms? They're Earth words, Greca, that carry the highest praise a man can give a woman. But let's get out of here before another gang comes and takes us again. Where can we hide?
human
I don't know any hiding places, confessed Greca despairingly.
gpt
The Rogans swarm everywhere. We will be seen the moment we try to leave here.
human
Well, we'll hunt for a hole, anyway, said Dex. He essayed to walk. What with the tendency of his muscles to jerk and collapse with the aftermath of the torture he had endured, and the sudden and inexplicable increase in gravity that bore him down, he made heavy going of it.
gpt
First we'll go up and get Brand.
human
Yes, yes, said Greca, a soft glow in her clear blue eyes.
gpt
Let us go quickly.
human
We might as well have one of these apiece, he said.
gpt
You've proved you have the grit to use one; and maybe the dirty rats will think twice about rushing us if we each have a load of death in our hands.