Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:34:39 -0700 Brian Randall <brian@azurite.org> wrote:
"Maybe a promising iron deposit a few kilometers north, and possibly a
deposit of gold somewhere west of here, {sir : Sir}. There's a pretty deep
aquifer underneath this whole area, though," one of the men answered,
flicking his headset into a pocket. "Jeddah thinks the area is too rocky
for farming, and Kenshiro says the land's not useful for much else,
unless the ore deposits are good."
The main plaza {before : at : by : near} the starport was crowded, people milling about and
looking about during the grand opening. A young man sighed, lacing his
fingers together over his head, and pushing them upwards until his
knuckles popped. "So, what's up for today," he asked conversationally,
not looking at the person he addressed.
The woman blinked, eyes widening as they fixed on him. Something...
something in those eyes was not quite right, though, and it unnerved him
very faintly. "I'm... looking for my son," she said quietly. "He... he
left on a ship from Earth. I... I {lose : lost} the papers that said which one,
but it was before the Juraian people came to Tokyo," she answered slowly.
And thusly is concluded book one of Process of Elimination.
Good. There are a lot of dangling threads.