Stone in the Sky
“Something larger.
“You have a private landing pad. That means that you’re important,” I said.
“Or rich,” she said.
“You have an interest in keeping me alive,” I said.
“I do,” she said.
“You don’t want the alin,” I said. “You don’t care about it.”
She smiled. The smile was a genuine Loor smile. There was nothing fake about it.
“I care about the good it can do and the money it can bring. But the alin gives me an excuse to make inquires about the things that I am really interested in,” she said.
S...he loosened her headscarf, revealing more of her face and antennae. She was starting to feel at ease with me.
We were finally getting to it for real. I leaned forward and took one of the snacks, some kind of curdled spread.
“And what’s that?” I asked.
“I have reason to believe that the Human representative from Earth Gov is not what he claims to be,” she said.
My eyes snapped up to meet hers. Then I remembered that she was the Loor with whom I had said I wanted to file a complaint about Brother Blue.MoreLess
“You have a private landing pad. That means that you’re important,” I said.
“Or rich,” she said.
“You have an interest in keeping me alive,” I said.
“I do,” she said.
“You don’t want the alin,” I said. “You don’t care about it.”
She smiled. The smile was a genuine Loor smile. There was nothing fake about it.
“I care about the good it can do and the money it can bring. But the alin gives me an excuse to make inquires about the things that I am really interested in,” she said.
S...he loosened her headscarf, revealing more of her face and antennae. She was starting to feel at ease with me.
We were finally getting to it for real. I leaned forward and took one of the snacks, some kind of curdled spread.
“And what’s that?” I asked.
“I have reason to believe that the Human representative from Earth Gov is not what he claims to be,” she said.
My eyes snapped up to meet hers. Then I remembered that she was the Loor with whom I had said I wanted to file a complaint about Brother Blue.MoreLess
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