‘The university requests a portion of your laboratory be shipped to the surface to teach the subjects of gene splicing and cloning. – Spring
Elaine and Béla lay curled together on the long, narrow cot at Southern Depot inside a two-story brick building containing many rooms similar to theirs, having spent the last several hours waiting for Béla’s transport. xnx She turned around to say goodbye to her sister one last time, but Elaine was gone. Béla felt the great ship close itself in around her. I will accompany the Carte Blanche to the surface of her doomed world when it is time.’ Elaine recognized the live-not-alive presence of the Praetor in her mind. It hurts me to see you wall yourself away from everyone this way.”
‘You’re the one who’s leaving,’ Elaine answered sullenly in her sister’s mind.
