I shared a future that we will assist Thordes diplomats with Earth’s exports that they need, and how they will need them.
King Theaspaura startled. “I will declare your Wedding Festival now! People of Fhiah, we welcome the Ye~ Zheien Colony, the Noh Colony of Aurelonan, Areon’s Areoni Star System to our solar system! They brought their suns to far orbits and shall be our new trading partners.
“Ye~ also brings a Unified Hub. This morning, my fine Council approved us for Unified membership. We shall keep Alliance membership with our Biehshah friends. He was to be Fhiah Hub, but we decided that he shall remain Ye~ Hub. Nae of us can bear to change him. He shall remind us of our home that all Zheien left, where our lieges dwell, in Ye~ Prov of Zhea~. Later, many shall speak of the new Alb Council which shall welcome more members. We have twenty Zheien worlds now and more on their way, including Zhea~ himself! Samar Thaae also joined us, a world that plans many colonies! D’gharr moved there today to become D’gharr of Samar Thaae. There is also a D’sharr and they moved there.
“Yesterday, Ryonne~, King of Ye~ and Unified Diplomat to Emperor Ry’nao married Madame Adia Rayaline, Master Scientist of Areon. She is now Queen of Ye~. They must travel to Earth soon but wish to enjoy their festival. Many wish to speak with them, but I ask that you let them enjoy their festival during this hour before they must leave us. This festival also celebrates our new future with the Council Of Alb. We begin!” He continued speaking to his people.
Then Fa declared our festival here! On MarKu, King Herda spoke. King Challet landed with Elshar Zheien from Elshar Mashai. Now they had a world with yellow sand, and similar conditions to Ye~. Areon’s stayed the same, twice Ye~’s, as did MarKu. Other Zheien worlds also celebrated their move to Alb, and safety! And on them, clones of Pirad, Kirnonos, and Taredias Gupa woke people from their Burial Chambers.
I heard Eriganh’s frustration that he could not find this Alb System! Tech from the Biehshah, modified by Pirad, Kirnonos, and Taredias Gupa to be impervious to him. They also modified portals to be painless for all of us! Thank goodness!
Mama and Papa ran to us, flanked by my sisters. Papa hugged me, then stared at my hands. Trembled.
“Papa, do not be frightened. I have a mission for our emperor, and this was necessary. I need strength to travel with Ryee. I was not going to marry abruptly, but my health required it. I love him, Papa.” I cried, and held Ryee’s arm tightly against me.
He petted my hair. “Liebchen, I am not angry. Must you leave so soon? Where do you go?”
“To our Fatherland, Earth! I will try to find out about our ancestors while we are there. Ryee hopes to invite them to the Alliance and then to the Unified.” He does?
Ryee’s excitement tingled on me! “Ea! O, who is this?” Mama held a baby. She had red hair.
Mama had tears in her blue eyes. “Here is your sister, Beth! Adia, we thought she died, but she was in the hospital, in stasis!”
Ryee paled. “Is she well, then?”
“Oh, Sia saw her. She is well. She sleeps because new babies do. For her, it is two days today since her birth. You and Maia were seven.”
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I held her and smiled. “Oh, beautiful sister, welcome to our family!” I tried not to think of that day, holding her like a doll. At seven, I did not realize that she was dead. Wrapped her in my blanket to keep her warm. “Mama, you will have a son next year and he will be Richbus.” Ryee helped calm me. His mind gave me a lot of emotional control, if I could just listen. I did.
His poor mother lost nine children. E~Janne, a daughter who died at four. But his sister E~Janne is seven, and healthy.
She ran to us and I picked her up. Gave her to Ryee, who tried not to weep. She will marry Ao~? She heard this memory and laughed. At seven, marriage is a faraway dream. Ao~ heard it and pondered it. In that other future, he was in stasis for seven years, so they were the same age. He was one of the 58 soldiers who died in the War! In seven years or so, Pirad can reclone Ao~ to her age.
Papa kissed Mama’s hand. “Now that dangers are past us, perhaps we should have more children, ja, Liebchen?”
Mama startled. “But, I am too old.”
“Healer Pas can help you. Your time came far too soon, compared to other women your age. You are only 35, yes?”
Papa hugged her. “Oh, we live in a time of miracles! Mari, we can! Do you want more children?”
“Yes, I do!” I gave Beth to her, and she giggled, just to hold her, warm, alive.
Ryee’s parents ran to us, and he paled! Mea held his other sister, E~Janne, and two babies! Fa held four, and his Bae Wanne~ held two babies on each arm! J~oie giggled as he took little E~Janne. Ryee kissed them all.
She cried. “Where is Ryee? You said he would be here!”
Ryee took her. “I am your Ryee. Ne cry, Jana. I grew while you slept.”
She studied him, redgold eyes wide. “Your voice is strange, Ba.”
“Ea, because I am ne a boy now. I grew.”
“You grew. Ea.”
Pirad went to them. “If you wish, I can make them different ages so one can be a boy the age she remembers Ryee. Another can be J~oie’s age, fourteen years ago.”
Mea smiled. “But, will they be upset?”
“They will not. I already did this for Pas’ family, and they are happy.”
She held one baby out and Pirad touched his head. He grew before our eyes! Mea’s shock came to us that he looked exactly as Ryee did at eight! She let him jump down.
Jana giggled, and so did he! “Ba, you are here! Let us play!”
Ryee let her jump down and his ba caught her. They ran off with other children.
Mea held out another boy, who grew to 12. He startled, and looked at J~oie and Ryee. This one paled. Pirad touched his chest and white light blazed. Ryee slowly lifted him. “Eja fe ne! Can you ne heal Joean?”
“I did, but his heart is still misshapen. He will not die. My healing must be more gradual for him.”
Tears filled his golden eyes. “Jana will wish me to play.”
Fa let the other children down and all but one ran after Jana. He chuckled. “I think she has many to run with her, Joean! O, Eavia!” This boy also had dark curls, but redgold eyes like Jana's. He is now 15. Ryee hugged his brothers and wept.
Pas brought them. But he had brown curls! His wife had deep blue eyes. Dark curls draped her thin shoulders. She held a baby in a purple dress. Siapa went to Joean. “Ba, you must rest. Let me bathe you.”
A 10 year old girl took Eavia's hand. “Will you let me bathe you, Ba? I am Pasi.” They chattered happily as she took him into a marsh. So many delightful children! I realized I gripped Ryee's hand. Oh, I smiled. Many more happy parents and relatives held children who kept coming! J~oie needed frequent healing from Pas, but how he smiled, to hold his bae and sae.