"Patches probably don't hold," suggested Rick. "Besides, they seem to be experimenting with increasingly thicker walls and different types of clay. Maybe someday they'll build a kiln tough enough to handle the heat. It's kind of weird though that they don't demolish the old ones to build the new or at least scavenge materials. The back lot of the metalworker's shop looks like a bee metropolis."
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"They do seem to have a fondness for that beehive shape, don't they?" Rhys observed. "All the buildings follow that design, too. Perhaps it's sacred." He nodded toward the window of their hab-module. Framed in it was the tallest of the mountains overlooking the settlement. If you looked at it just right, it, too, suggested a beehive.
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Rhys was fascinated by the way the village hunkered between the mountain and the river; the natives did not seem inclined to expand to the other side of the streamwhich was quite wide. Possibly, Rhys theorized, they considered the mountain their protector. Whatever the reason, the township, when viewed from the air, had a distinctly snakelike profile. Rhys had to allow it made the acquisition of water easier. No one had to walk very far to fill their tankards.
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"Inquire about sacred shapes," Yoshi told her palmpad. "Anything else from the geology team?"
"Just that the natives have little interest in the ore. The project manager said they seemed surprised when he finally got across the idea that the mountain was full of the stuff. The Furries get their supply from the base of a cascade just upstream from the village and discard most of the ore. Tanaka stands to cut a favorable deal. "
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Yoshi frowned, her eyes acquiring an intensity that, Rhys had lately noticed, had a peculiar effect on his viscera. "But they use the ore, too. They make cooking utensils out of it. "
Rick shrugged. "Minimal use by any standards. They make just as many pots and pans out of friendlier metals. "
