The Hard Fall

Galactic Plane

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1. Low- Coldplay

2. Feel The Ocean Hold Me Under- Snakadaktal

"Settle one difficulty, & you keep a hundred away."
- Confucius

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I. White Cliffs

Astira watched the luminous cloud move across the grid map on her i5- a group of riders will be here within minutes she thought. She flipped her i5 into silent mode & stashed it into a deep pocket. She looked around.

There was nowhere to hide & nowhere to run- except for the grassy edge of the nearby cliff. The abrupt boundary of the cliff snaked through the air, running below a vast expanse of blue green sea that merged into a far horizon of mist & fading stars.

Friends or foes? No way to know & she didn't want to take a chance. She ran to the edge of the cliff- stopped- found her balance & stared down a sheer face of rock slamming into the blue green sea below. Majestic spires of breaking white foam scaled the wall of rock. Just below the edge she spied a small outcrop- just wide enough for support. She hopped over the edge of the cliff & landed securely on the ledge. She looked back up at the edge of the cliff & smiled. Suddenly she heard the fierce cry of a hawk, & she looked to her right- she watched the hawk with its long wing span fly up the side of the cliff in a nearly vertical & parabolic arc.

II. Far East

"History evolves from the actions of people- those actions are the result of human psychology- & that psychology has a mind of its own- not something that can be easily predicted in a simple & linear way. Can you predict what your emotions will be one day from now?"

The Dragon turned away from the changing waters of the bay. He engaged the eyes of Kwon Ping & Princess Lei, & then continued his arc of thought.....

Later that evening Princess Lei stood on her small hotel balcony overlooking the bay. Below her the flickering lights of the city changed randomly, almost chaotically.

If the Dragon is right, she thought, then the psychology of our galaxy has been diverted off course. What could one mere human being ever do to change the flow of history back to normal?

She sighed, & then gazed upward into the dark night- the galactic plane fell majestically from the sky in a waterfall of stars.

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