[NicknamedBob]

"Was that from ‘Beyond The Blue Event Horizon’?"

No, it is from an unfinished and unpublished novel titled "First Phoenix".

A lot of work remains to be done with it. Here's a hint: What coinage do you, a star traveler, carry to impress the natives?

I figured, the equivalent of magic beans.

[bamahead]

bttt

[rottndog]

I’ll just keep the cow.