The Ninth Orb
“Liz snapped. “I noticed, as well, but you could be misinterpreting the reason. It doesn’t necessarily follow that they were anxious to get inside to attack us. Maybe they just wanted to be picked because they’re curious about us. Maybe it was nothing more than the chance to engage in a little entertainment. It doesn’t appear to me that they do much besides work.” Upon their return to New Savannah, they were greeted at the landing pad by a good third of the colonists. Dismayed, Eden nevertheless... found a point of vantage and addressed them, explaining that a representative group of Xtanians had been invited to join them in giving thanks for a safe voyage and successful beginning to their enterprise. An air almost of hysteria gripped the entire city thereafter so that Eden began to wonder if she’d made the right decision. Reluctantly, she admitted there had been no choice. From the moment the colonists had realized the city across the valley was entirely male, for most of them, caution had gone right out of their thoughts.MoreLess
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