Wasa Mai chose Farley to see to his interests, so he sent Farley with Antomias to Sigan Mas. First Princes usually finish their four years of diplomatics in one year, so he took Nathanhai and Farley with him, and all of them finished in a year. Nathanhai earned independent work, but Farley ended his year leading a DS Team of his friends.

He must have had problems with his health. His record shows that Ry’nao wished to train him for 7th Galaxy Minister. So, he went to study with Pondaiash, a master diplomat on Butres Nu’s staff. I saw that he was in Marenalay with him when it was attacked, so you must ne mention this to him. Surely he is very unwell, for Galar kept him in his chambers for two weeks.

Two weeks! When he stopped going home for his respites—shortly after Elshar Mashai was attacked by Prov 9—he went to Earth with me. Fa died about that time, and we slept on Farley’s ship in Atlanta Spaceport. His friends fussed that he needed other Zheien to sleep with, but it was never long before they vanished working on the treaty. When Antomias vanished, Nathanhai didn’t last long, and that’s when Farley quit sleeping in the Embassy. Or talking much about home. He never talked about home, just like most of the yellow-skinned Zheien I knew in school. All the others were eager to share memories of their homes. Always thought that was odd. Now I understood it, maybe.

He rose from bed to go to Elshar Mashai and help with a treaty in Prov One that has taken years of work. Antomias wrote it but Nathanhai and Farley helped him. During this mission, Eriganh came to the 7th and clearly set course for D’gharr. Leaders of the Alliance called on every person to go to D’gharr and fight. Even all our diplomats there went! Council members offered ships and filled them with men, traders, diplomats, farmers and artisans! Most had ne weapons. Farley had upset when Adia showed him memories, and Konomai became very unwell when he showed him merely a little!

I came to them and asked to see them. Farley had serious upset and feared to harm me! But I asked, and he meant ne to show much, but I saw his memory of Marenalay and Elshars who attacked with primitive weapons! That he stayed in Ashapat’s chambers two weeks tells me what he will ne, that he nearly died.

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Then he went to Elshar Mashai. Antomias, Nathanhai and his Thordes DS Team members had weapons they planned to trade, but when they saw that the hundreds on the ship had ne, they offered to arm as many as they could. Farley, as all diplomats, had training with all manner of weapons, though diplomats usually perform with them in ceremonies, ne combat! But, Farley’s tutor was a weapon designer from Lisbaar and taught him much. Esta Faho has a weapons research facility. He knew enough to teach all of them of strategy and how to rescue enslaved.

They formed a plan to each attack an Esteerrian ship. I saw little of it, but Farley killed 10 Esteerrians and freed the occupants of one of their cargo ships! His friends accomplished this, and I can ne imagine it! Esteerrians are faster than the fastest Zheien, and is nearly impossible to surprise them. Perhaps they had weapons with that capability.

I fear for your husband. Surely he witnessed terrible things. His sleep will be unwell, and lack of rest can kill without warning. Konomai has grave worry that what he saw, as Nitomahan gathered his people, all of them will be very unwell. Elshars fought them to try to prevent them from leaving. Peh Ras anticipated trouble and wrote emergency progs, and ne were injured, but fear is harm, and can have effects later.

I tell you ne to frighten you, Ella, but call me, ne Konomai. He is ne a master healer, and I fear he makes use of umar seg too oft. Over time, mines with this poison cause unwells of memory. We healers ne use it more oft than once in a year, but I saw in Konomai’s memories that attacks from Elshars were as oft as once a week.

I fear all of them have severe unwells, and he remembered a meeting with Nitomahan where he admitted he ne remembers treaty provisions. His aide died, and he asked Farley, his fa, and Nathanhai to make sure one of them is well to attend his monthly Council meetings with him! He is very unwell, to need this kind of help.

Pirad prepared me for my work in Elshar Zheiea, but he prepared my ba for Esta Faho, and similar bae for each of the Rahn Estar worlds. Each has unique poisons, and only Rahn Estar has population growth, in 200 years, and he has 12,000. The rest hold perhaps, 400 apiece.

I wanted to ask a lot of questions, but what to ask? I still had my arms around Farley, Fa and Fae. The containment Pas wrote gently held us together. The triple thumps of their hearts missed a lot of beats. Both felt it and heard it. They’ve been through so much!

Clicking stopped under us and everyone startled!