Chapter 13

"You were lucky," he said, "you could have been blinded. You must have inherited flash-accommodation from the Mentorian side--Rupert Steele didn't have it. I'll tell you this much," he added, sitting down again. "In a manner of speaking, you're my boss. Eight Colors--it used to be Alpha Transshipping--is what they call a middleman outfit. The interplanet cargo lines transport from planet to planet within a system--that's free competition--and the Lhari ships transport from star to star--that's a monopoly all over t…