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    Ay, what an opportunity! We see the leaders of the two largest slaver nets, here on our ship!


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    She sang the Aryll Song. He sang harmony. Perretau added a bass line. The other Aryllans on the ship added complicated rounds to it. King Wtensau sang a ballad about the importance of flowers that made a descant in tenor. I felt calm. Peaceful. All the Zheien smiled, though many were unaware of what just happened. Their happiness tingled on us, not as intense as Zheien happiness, but pleasant. Ao~ and Huih came in with animals they collected, but they heard the singing and smiled. Tried to see where it came from, but could not!


    Biome media underneath the floor sprouted and flowers bloomed between the people lying on it! Flower scents smelled wonderful together. Pas gasped and touched a flower near him. His delight tingled on me! Many of these flowers were rare ones from Zhea~ that Ahstam grew for healing. Pas carefully harvested leaves and made cuttings to grow. Wtensau smiled and waved one of his diplomats to help Pas!


    King Wtensau showed us how this would be Bess’ healing, all over Aryll. Children would learn her healing and spread it to all the loyal colonies, tens of thousands of them!


    Bess trembled after they raised plants all over Aryllan worlds.


    Pas stopped and ran to her. Looked over her points. Then, held her head against his chest. "King Wtensau, she is Earthan. Her body cannot withstand this strain! Gravity on Aryll is higher than Earth. Her mind nearly spilled."


    He hit the floor and wept! "She has a Gift, Healer, a Gift that can keep Aryll alive! Look what she did. My son wishes to marry her, today! She told him she wishes to help him keep the Aryll alive, our Aryll, the old Aryll." They stared at each other, and I noticed that the old king sweated puddles. So did Perretau, who took her hand as if he were poisonous.


    She held his hand against her cheek.


    Pas sighed, and it rumbled on me. "Child, you wish to marry Perretau?"


    "Yes. I love him. I love Aryll." She gave him a panicked look. "Can I last long enough to teach the children, Pas?"


    He shook his head. "I think you shall die on the journey, Daughter. Once you marry, you feel too much pain. An Aryllan, she survived and drew strength! Your strength is ne enough. Wtensau, did you ever reclone one?"


    Wtensau shuddered. "Satauuver did this, and because of his savage experiments, I had to agree by treaty that no Aryllan would ever reclone, in the other future. We could not have children during the plague. Our ages stayed our ages. I thought the loss of Deesamor was the end of Aryll also, and I blamed Ty''nirr, and I took nearly all of Ty''nirr as my slaves! Now, they are released, and went home. Aryll is nearly empty, Ahstam. Every colony lost many.” Ahstam? Pas appeared as him, so his healer’s links brought the master healer of Zheiea.


    “Our people were hunted, and I feel we are blamed for savagery done to us. We all carry the guilt of blood on us, because of the plague that the Wenh Cet planned. But, I did not take revenge. Opseh Wenh Cet was in my hands, and I let him return to Ctral, because my wife pled with me.” Behind him, Deb, Suma and Ray frowned.


    “We are no longer savages. All I wish for my people, is that we live in peace, as your people live in peace. We have no tech to help an Earthan! I beg, will other Elders help us? Some Gifts cannot be Taken, and Perr gave his Bess a wondrous Gift." Wtensau held a hand on Bess’ forehead, and she smiled.


    Pas shuddered. His voice whispered. "Some Earthans have Gifts that are too much, and die in them. I speak to Pirad, then I return to you." Gently, he put her in Perretau''s arms. "Marry your love, Perretau. You both may die in it, but if you ne, she dies, and I can ne save her. Try to share strength, while I see what we can do, to help. Preparation takes time, if my brothers agree, and she has ne time." He turned away weeping, and Mehrna helped him walk into a side room. Wally shook his head at Suma. Oh, no!


    Wtensau held their hands together. "My children, you are now married. I speak to all of Aryll—my son Perratau, Keeper Of The Aryll, marries Bess Of Earth, who has a great Gift. Their lives are in danger. Sing the songs of Aryll, to give them strength, and begin a great festival, to honor Bess, who grew Aryll, who gave seeds with love, and her children blossom before you! Because of her, we have Aryll.


    “Now, we pray to Father of All that our repentance is enough, that we may keep it, and live in peace with our brethren, our sisters! I am willing to go to the United Nations of Earth, and I will sign our Treaty with Earth and the Earthan Colonies. We shall have live plants, but they need much love that they will grow in love in our homes!


    “Sing of love, my people! Let all of us sing our love to Father of All for preserving us from the Plague, and for my blessed son, my only child to learn how to keep the Aryll."


    From the other side of the holo, people sang, and I listened to the harmonies. Such a huge change for the Alliance! Lyyyrah and Tch’lanterserah swayed to the music.


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    We see the end of large-network slavery today! Now we wait while Alliance government considers the treaty with them. There will be much change today in the Alliance, and so with the Unified.