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Before arriving, he once again asked Phaethon to give info about Kverkov.
- Planet Kverkov Valkyrik. Fifth in the star system Panegirin. The distance of the planet’s orbit to Panegirin is 780 million kilometers. The planet makes a complete revolution around Panegirin in one and a half Earth years. Around the axis Valkyrik makes a complete revolution in 34 Earth hours. Atmospheric pressure 1, 86 atmospheres (compared to Earth). The composition of air is 54, 6% nitrogen, 40, 3% oxygen, 3% hydrogen, 2, 1% falls on the remaining elements. The planet is 63% covered with water. More than half of the land is occupied by forests. There is flora and fauna, both wild and farmed for the needs of civilization. The monarchical social system.

The value of the family and the responsibility for it prevails over all other social demands and concepts. Subordination to those who are higher up the hierarchy has been raised to a cult. In other words, slavish, unquestioning obedience. Women have lower rights than men. They cannot hold responsible positions in society and are mainly engaged in housekeeping and raising children. In very rare cases, may engage in scientific activities. Men who do not fight hand-to-hand combat are scorned in society. Quicks are very fast and hardy fighters.
- Phaeton, and how does Querque relate to strangers?
- Commander, do you mean from other civilizations or from other families?
- Both.

- Attitude towards other civilizations is uncertain. May hate, not perceive. And can be treated indifferently. For other families, the relationship is based on kinship and position in society. But consanguinity first of all.
- I asked to know what attitude to expect to yourself (the manual does not count).
- You will be considered the family member of the ambassador’s family, Kverkov Bari (since you brought the ambassador back to life). Other families, respectively, with respect to this family. At least there will be no hostility on their part.
- That's exactly what I wanted to know.

This is how I began my duties as ambassador. It just sounds pompous: “the ambassador of another civilization”. But in reality, nothing interesting. Every six months (according to the local calendar), a stellar caravan leaves for Earth and the same caravan of Earthmen arrives. Unloaded, the starships are stocked with cargo and fly back. The exchange of technology and other scientific research was signed, but it all passed almost past me. The scientists of both civilizations contacted each other themselves. Once a week, I use Phaeton (which hangs in stealth mode above the Valkyrik) to communicate with the Earth, listen to all the news from Lia. I tell her what happened during the week. Although most often nothing interesting I do not happen.

I was bored. Although I have always been happy to see in the family of Bari. But I somehow did not go very much on contact.Taking advantage of the king's favor (after all, he believed that the trade union with Fungami was possible to conclude thanks to me), I was free to visit all corners of the planet. What I did. Acquainted flora and fauna, but sunbathed around the equator. On this planet, ultraviolet penetrated to the surface with difficulty. Therefore, the tan was weak. I didn’t stick to secret industrial objects. Phaeton investigated them all along and across and without my visits. But even considering the laziness that gripped me, I practiced for 2-3 hours every day. Not only honed hand to hand combat, but also shooting.

I got carried away hunting. They always hunted for the group. At the same time also riding. Curious they had horses. They somehow resembled our dinosaurs. But only short and very fast. Easily amenable to suggestion. And therefore those drampures that I traveled to always turned out to be much faster than the others. But once a misfortune happened. The prince (the crown son of the king) did not cope with the drampur and fell on a turn from a rocky cliff. He did not have time to react (to just teleport). Or maybe he was frightened, because the drampur, having slipped his hoof from the mountain path, began to fall backwards. And the rider was under him. And perhaps in the first moments of the fall of the prince hit the rock.

As a result of this fall, his body was shredded with sharp stones. Only saved the head we send. And although only chips were left of the helmet, but the head remained intact, but with numerous abrasions. Hearing alarming cries, I turned my drampur back. When he rode up to the crashing prince, all his guards and almost half of the hunters had already gathered around. Probably, someone told the king in a moment and he teleported here. Well, what do parents do in such cases? Same as ours. They rush to the injured child, begin to lament. The king was no exception. And time flew horribly fast. The king brought down his wrath on the bodyguards. I had to break all subordination and order the king.

- Your majesty! This will not help your son. Order everyone, absolutely everyone, to hold each other’s hands and form a circle. I will try to save the prince.
- Earthling! You can’t help him.
- Order to form a circle!
- Everyone hold hands! - the king still obeyed me and Querqui formed a circle, but the energy did not flow to me. I could not understand why. But when I looked at them, I understood why.
- What parasite clasped his hands on his chest? !!! In an instant, everyone took hold of each other with both hands! - after all, the Querks have two pairs of hands, and they loose folded on the chest. After that, I felt a burst of energy.

Now just not to screw up. After all, the structure of the body Kverkov is different from the human. I tried to quickly, but this difference slowed down my splicing of tissue. When I resurrected the ambassador in the arena, it was easier there. There was only one deadly cut. And here the whole body is forgiven. Finally managed to assemble. An injection of adrenaline and the prince, startled, began to breathe intermittently.
- Open the circle! Your Majesty, I'm with the prince teleporting to the castle. Order your guards not to shoot.

- As you say, Earthman! - he immediately melted away like a ghost. And I, having shouldered the prince on my shoulders, teleported after him. No one of those who formed the circle of forces for teleportation has left. When I found myself in the palace, the king was already there and helpfully showed me where to put the half-dead prince. Only I managed to lay the prince, as the king poured into a glass of white powder and poured water. It was he who did it, and did not order the servant.
- Your majesty. He can not atomic gold. You will kill him so, and I will not save him. Let him recuperate. Give him at least six hours to recover, - the king only angrily looked in my direction, but he obeyed and set the glass aside.
- Earthling, how do you know about atomic gold? You do not know his action. For this secret I have to kill you.

- Unknown. But I did not ask you what kind of powder you dissolved. And immediately said what it is.And as to kill, then how are all your laws about who saved someone from family members? Or the royal family does not apply?
- Earthling, shut up!
- Thank you for the “hot hospitality”. No longer can the royal family get help from me, saving and helping is not the responsibility of a diplomat - without waiting for an answer, I teleported to my residence. And then immediately in the shuttle, hanging in the stealth mode above the residence. You might think that I acted childishly, having gone to the shuttle. But I often vanished in the canoe. And I have never been able to discover Kverk. And if someone was needed, they just tried to contact. Only the next morning the king tried to contact me. I brought before ...