He patted the boy's arm, then took up a position by the hatch as the craft slowly settled.
A bigger, slower craft was settling to the ground near the sprawled bodies.
The woman made a sort of tapping-down motion with the grip and the craft settled onto the roots.
It seemed that commerce and crafts had settled the land which war could not settle alone.
A long, white craft was settling next to them.
The craft settled onto the landing space with a soft bump.
Each craft settled with skill to the ice, landing on their runners and sliding to a stop a few yards away.
Certainly the latter showed no signs of nervousness as the craft slowly settled to the proper depth.
The little craft settled gently into a neoprene-lined cup.
The craft circled the telescope and settled on the flat field to the north.