Rigellian adj.

From Rigellian captives a very little had been learned. It was extremely difficult to establish communication—vegetative thought processes could not readily be transmuted into recognizable form.

The lock was pumped to a vacuum; there was a hiss of entering air; a spray of vaporous liquid bathed every inch of the vessel’s surface, and Kinnison felt again the calm voice of Tregonsee, the Rigellian Lensman.

What in the name of Rigellian rose-vines are you doing here? Who are you? How did you get into the ship?

In one jeweled hand he held a heavy goblet half full of fuming Rigellian wine—it must have come from the city’s stores, for the Hruntans had had no contact with Rigel for centuries.

Is restaurant tipping to be recommended? In planetside eateries, it is correct to tip your room steward, table steward, headwaiter and wine steward. An exception is the average Rigellian restaurant, where le service est tout compris.

She tweeted her thanks, and turned back to the climb, her crest flattened out in concentration-and-effort mode. Noting it, Dane enjoyed a private grin. There was no psi connection with his little Rigelian apprentice, but he didn’t need one. That flexible webbed crest, and her expressive whistles and chirps, made her emotions clear enough. As they rounded the last of the outcropping of rock and walked across a wide, flattened area, he wondered if she was even capable of hiding her reactions.

I’d say about twenty feet; that’s about six metres, or roughly….let me see….two and a half Rigellian floons. [ellipses in orig.]