Scanned converted, re-formatted, proofed, custom book cover and eBook creation by Jerry.From Galaxy Magazine Nov. 1969 - Mar. 1970 (Vol. 29, No. 3 - 7).Edmund Gunderson was the Terran administrator of the colony world of Belzagor, and he returns to it after it has gained independence, feeling a sense of guilt for the way he has treated its dominant species, the elephant-like nildoror, whose animalistic appearance had kept Gunderson from taking them seriously as sentient beings. On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists. The nildoror undergo a process of rebirth, and Gunderson's greatest guilt comes from having denied rebirth to seven nildoror to make them help him repair flood damage.p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }hr { height: 1px; border-width: 0; }