“Do you know many Homereans came to us? One showed Leader Homerean how you befriended Nufera and gave her a place in your government. They have nae names so he goes by this. He agreed to send all of his soldiers that he refused to send to D’gharr!”
“Gosh, doesn’t that make you nervous?” Nufera made Ron drunk until I asked her to cure his cravings, then she did.
My friend laughed. “O, they learned from that memory why we fear to be alone with them, and they all agreed nae to share their substances with us. You must understand, this is how they communicate with one another, and between themselves, is nae intoxication. Now they are more careful. Pirad taught Nufera what she learned from you in Rainbow, and now she agreed to teach students. Pirad found 8 this evening who can make herbs for many species. One learned Xchou healing.”
That cheered me up! When Ket came to Rainbow with the Yeff, he complained that he didn’t have a student for Xchou healing. He taught a lot of people Elshar healing, but I needed Xchou healers worse. V’chsan MarKu needs ‘em! “But I didn’t teach her. Forsay did.”
“Forsay saw his future and showed Lut. Those memories of when you taught Nufera healing, you asked her to listen to Forsay because he knew herbs and effects. But you encouraged her to learn from him. You told her she could learn.”
“Well, I told her students that, too, but none of them could learn what she did.”
“Perhaps is a skill nae everyone can learn. Nae everyone can bear to be thrown, as Fhiah, Fhai’s skilled ones do.”
I nodded. MarKu doesn’t throw people?
Ben smirked. Fhai is the only prov of Fhiah that does this. Each prov has a skill that none other has! I hugged my husband.
They brought the riding animals, and all the Zheien smiled. Pas carried Jog Sa out. Oh, another of Pas’ cloned brothers. Pie and Adelle went to Elshar Zheiea.
Pie came running with his wife! She’s blue? “O, Jog! All of MarKu wept, when you and your family nae returned!”
He cried. “I nae ever wished to cause such unhappiness!”
“Nae this sorrow. We are happy to have you home!” Pie hugged him.
“Am I like? Ejis faea naea, are my progs like? I know secrets, my liege, and I fear to even think!” His fa hugged him. All three of ‘em shook!
Goe trembled. “Pie, he needs to report to me! What shall we do? Fa only took one report from a scientist once!”
“Fear nae. Tam, come with us. We shall teach Jog, as you taught students, eae?”
She gave a smile. “I can help you, Jog. Are you unwell from travel?”
He cried! “I wish nae ever to be on a ship again!”
Pie lifted him. “Be calm, my bae. Here is home. Smell the flowers?” His wife put a bundle in his arms. That got a smile. It’ll take time for him to feel safe, especially after such a rough ride!
Healers came and carried everyone out.
Above us, I saw Mother and Babe. Every Zheien colony has this constellation, even if they only have two stars in the sky. Here, like on Alb Seer, we had about 22. Instead of one moon, we had five, all diff colors. Pretty!
Goe and all his bae went to the indigo blue palace. It had carved ferrisnae on the doors holding rings in their mouths. Ben pointed them out. They’re going in there because Kings Houses always have merite walls in their offices.
They got on ferrisnae, surrounded by soldiers. Some were MarKuan, but the rest were a mixture of species. One lone Zbbat zipped around the entire group like an ugly moon. He was bright yellow with six great arms that each held six weapons. Six great legs held him, and the six toes on each leg blurred with his lightning-fast motions. He stood twice as tall as the tallest Zheien. I saw him, but nobody else did but other soldiers. Amazing to see one able to run like that! Herdy couldn’t move that fast. Siadiasly could, but didn’t want to make Herdy feel bad.
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I startled when a breeze hit me. Siadiasly, Mollydias, and Greg Sa zipped off the ship carrying Herdy! His mirth came to me. No one else noticed. Ye~ has a Zbbat Colony and an Esteerrian Colony, but so does MarKu. And Lisbaar. A lot of Lisbaaran scientists worked for Gedda Dier to make her weapons. They have them, but no other worlds—Rahn Estar does. It’s a mining world that has a weapons facility and a shipbuilding facility. It’s the only one of Elshar Zheiea’s mining and farming worlds that’s not fully automated. All the people, except for workers with homes other places, moved to Elshar Zheiea. Rahn Estar will have Esteerrian and Zbbat workers from all their colonies. Most of the other workers there are Ishah. Most of them live in two provs on Elshar Zheiea. Leiea and Moro.
Part of those workers used to work on Esta Faho, but they combined the weapons facilities into one. Lisbaar made those facilities. Something about that made me shudder.
The Bisillips all ported to Kirnonos’ Lab while we were on Alb Seer.
Rainbow only had one ferrisna. He was a very special horse for a family who raised horses.
But they brought a lot of ‘em to a nearby field to graze. One snorted and ran to me! I kind of flinched. Our riding animals didn’t move fast! Ben did, too!
They don’t have ferrisnae in Fhiah. This one slowed down and whined. Nibbled my red ringlets until I looked up. I laughed. “Guess I looked pretty stupid, huh?”
It shook its head.
I laughed and petted it. “Are you a boy or—”
She shook her head.
“A girl! Okay. Did you just choose me?”
She nodded and snorted!
“Oh, thanks! I always wanted a horse! You’ll have to teach me the difference between ferrisnae and horses, though.”
Definite “Huh?” noise there.
Her handler laughed. “I hope to learn of Earthan horses! Do you know of them, Lady?”
I giggled. “No! I’m a city girl. However, I’m going to love living in such a beautiful place with farms nearby!” I hugged my new pet. “I’ll have to share you with Ben—” She shook her head and her blue eyes turned light.
Where’s Sylvania? Oh, my white Persian’s in Rainbow comforting people. I smiled. Can’t wait to pet her!
Another white one trotted over and put his nose near Ben.
My husband’s neon green eyes went wide! “You came to me, then?”
He neighed! Danced with all four legs like a happy Zheien and ended in a bow!
Ben laughed, and it tingled on me! “O, I ever wished for a ferrisna! Fa, is he magnificent?”
“O, he is! Only a ferrisna is white as he is. Fa had a duchini. They are more common than ferrisnae, and most are black. But he feared to bring any to Alb Seer, for many animals die in colony starts. How he missed her! When he shared memories of her, he cried, years later. Mea had to leave five ferrisnae, and became unwell if she remembered more than a single memory.” Fa sighed, and it rumbled on us.
Fast hoof-beats startled us all, and a black horse nosed him. Snuffed at his hair! Fa giggled. “You act like—you are Binn? How are you living this many years?”
A young man rode another one to us. “O, she thinks you are Linneabin! Pirad woke him today. She was very sad that she nae found him, and she sought him in the festival all the day long! Pirad made her young. But he will live in Fhiah. Binn can nae understand that all of her family is nae here.”
“O, Linneabin waits in Rainbow! Binn, go to him! He misses you much!” The young man pointed to the red building in a circle of seven. This spaceport was near farms between us and there. Orange sand, lots of plants, and a path of darker sand made a kind of road between the seven-sided farms. Some had bushes or trees along the seven-sided border. The sky’s black with a few stars and five moons that lighted the landscape a bit. Glow of our orange ship helped a little, too, and other ships in other colors glowed behind us for a ways. Much bigger than Fhiah’s spaceport!
He nodded and galloped off! Nodded for a green portal and ran in!
Fa gasped! “Fa lives? Ejis faea naea, he will nae know me! I was but five when he died!” Poor Fa sobbed. He must be really upset to stick faea in there! Zheien don’t exaggerate! I grabbed him.
An Ishah ran to us with Forsay! Oh, I cried, now! He reached for Mea, then saw me. “Molly!” He reached and pulled both of us near. This man trained me in the other future, on that horrid ship to Ilhanhsa with my original six.
Ben cried, too! “O, both my fae! Happiness!” Mea cried, too.
They put us all on ferrisnae and they rode fast! I worried that it might be too much for my poor husband and his parents, but then I realized what the rush was!