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Beta kissed Toran goodbye & took the path from the mountain cabin down
to the lake- she just wanted to clear her mind. Thankfully, the autumn
weather held a pleasent dreamy quality which helped her contrasting
thoughts integrate into a smooth picture of reality, almost like a
camera focusing upon a dream.
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Athena folded Astira's letter & rose to embrace Beta.
"Michelle, something happened & I have to go," said Beta as she
struggled to collect her thoughts to speak sensibly. Athena sensed her
distress & held Beta by her shoulders, looking into Beta's wet eyes.
"What happened?"
"Toran's brother, he's missing, maybe killed or something, we don't
know. But I have to go with Toran & find out."
Athena felt Beta's emotions instinctively, as if she were Beta.
"Where, where are going?" asked Athena, holding Beta.
"Some damn planet I've never heard of before," said Beta, "beyond the
barbarian worlds, near the center of the galaxy."
Athena brushed back Beta's sable hair from her face & asked
"Does this planet have a name?"
"Yes Michelle, it's called Poznan. Have you heard of this world?"
And then Athena slipped into a kind of shock.
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> Volatile ups & downs meant 1 thing 2 Toran- refocus on the
> fundamentals & work yourself back into position. He would find his
> missing brother starting with this Nick Starkozki. And then he
> pushed himself a little bit harder up the slope 2 Misty Lake.
>
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Taron felt intuitively that something didn't add up. Astira's story as
told in public records was simple & brief- diagnosed with a mysterious
incurable illness at age eleven, she was then sent to a remote planet
called Samos in the Ionian cluster near the center of the galaxy-in
fact, rather close to Trantor, the capital of the Galactic Empire. For
the next ten years no information on Astira existed in public record-
her life in a small mental clinic on Samos was a perfect black hole.
Then, at age 21, a Dr. Kafka in Poznan stated that ambassador
Starkozki's daughter had staged a remarkable recovery and that she
could now now return to normal life. And there she was, beaming with
joy in her reunion photo. But something about the photo still didn't
add up. And then he noticed the small spot on her shoulder- yes, that
would be Spotz, her companion & bodyguard. And suddenly...
>>>>>>
Toran pushed up his pace- the ascent up to Misty Lake on the mountain
began hard & fast. He would turn over a brand new leaf right now-
right now.
>>>>>>
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