Half a minute later he watched andrecorded it snaking upward out of sight, heard faintly its danglingharnesses swish through branches, and with its passing felt a heavyfinality. But he'drejected the thought at once. Ibang nodded, his smile beatific now. An aura (ifit actually exists) is presumably an electromagnetic field around theindividual human being.
Then he was on the short ramp and into the night, the T'swa dispersing tothe sides, Varlik trying to stay within a couple of steps of Bin as he'd beentold to do. It was crowded, the commodesoccupied, the urinal lined with men, with others waiting. He said he'd see what he could do. I will procure a third chair and expect you here at 15.