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Chap. 425 The Naming Game A crowd of children were standing just outside the library. “Good morning, sir!” they called to K’ndar as he approached. Behind him, Raventh had landed in the commons fronting the library, joining Motanith. Francie’s fire lizards were atop the green. “Good morning!” he returned. Francie was already there. “Good morning,…

Chap. 424   A New Class “So, this is the steppe?” Francie asked.  “Yes. I know it looks pretty barren, but yes, we are on the edge of the Kahrain Steppe, and no, it’s not barren at all,” K’ndar said, fondly. She looked at him, askance. The wind was just this side of cutting through her…

Chap. 423 The Gamer “I guess I should blame you, K’ndar,” Chief Elene said.” “What? What?” “The kids. They’re gone bonkers over the mural in DR Plank’s museum.” “No! They’ve not disturbed anything?” “No, no, but they’ve been in here after looking at that mural and wanting to know what IS that animal!” “Engineering hasn’t…

Chap. 422 The Warehouse Engineering’s Chief stood next to Raylan, Jansen and K’ndar-Siskin happily chittering on his shoulder-as her team finished prying solidified ash off the pedestrian door of the warehouse. “It will be dark inside,” she said, watching several apprentices loading the hunks of ash into a new cargo trailer, “I’m assuming there are…

Chap. 421 The Logbook of 1LT Michael Cook, Pilot. “They did it,” Jansen said, “Acquisition opened the metal case holding Lieutenant Cook’s logbook.” “Did it fall apart?” K’ndar asked. “No. At least they didn’t say so. They got it all scanned into the database and then they resealed it in the metal case.” “That was…

Chap. 420 The Tool Shed How did I end up this way? he thought, the rain slashing his face. I’m soaked to the bone, my feet are wet, this slicker isn’t helping. I didn’t realize how dark it gets here. I’ve got to get to shelter. His mind was swirling, one moment lucid, the next…

Chap. 419  Lost and Found “I scanned all his personal journals into the database before I turned the backpack over to Security,” Jansen told Raylan. “How about the plant survey notebooks?” “Well, of course, Chief! It’s all in the database. Since he’d already allowed us to keep the plant notebooks, I figured we’d keep those.…

Chap. 418 The Rock in the Sock Commo entered the library, her arms full of L’ichen’s clothing, and stopped in shock. “What in the world? What’s happened, did we have an earthquake?” Chief Elene shook her head, with a grin. She and the Security Chief were at the entrance, watching a pack of kids cleaning…

Chap. 417 The Cargo Boxes “Drop the cargo boxes here, please?” Raylan said, “I’ll want to check them to see if they’re really empty.” The Engineers had loaded the things they’d taken from the bunker-and the Chiefs-onto their horse cart.   “Would you please drop me off at the Library?” Commo had asked as the…

Chap. 416  The Fuel Bunker “There’s a sign underneath this moss,” Raylan said. He cleaned it off. It was almost illegible, but the letters were large enough to still be read. “It says, DANGER NO SMOKING” “What does that mean?” “The fuel was probably flammable,” Engineering said. “But it wouldn’t smoke if it wasn’t burning,…