Chapter 31

Bart hid his self-contempt in sudden, tense fury. "No, I didn't! You're going to accuse everybody on the _Swiftwing_, all the way from me to Vorongil, before _you_ can admit a mistake, aren't you? If you want somebody to blame, look in a mirror!" "Listen, you!" Ringg's pent-up rage exploded. He seized Bart by the shoulder and Bart moved to throw him off, so that Ringg's outthrust claws raked only his forearm. In pure reflex he felt his own claws flick out; they clinched, closed, scuffled, and he felt his claws rake…