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not changing Valis’s
orders.”
    Seles turned her
face from his. “I knew you’d say that.”
    She pulled away
and danced before taking a pose. Brian gazed as she moved with fluidity and
perfection.
    “You’re much
better than before,” he said.
    She smiled. “I’m
still not very good at singing. Mira’s an excellent teacher, but I have a lousy
sense of rhythm.”
    He sat back and
relaxed. “When you’re singing imagine you’re inside a mobile suit, or even a
Novaguard. I’ve found that one needs inspiration to perform at their best.”
    “So what do you
imagine when you’re performing?” she asked.
    He gazed at the
setting sun. “I think of Earth, Kalaidia, then you and the others.”
    “Someday you’ll
have to take me there,” she said.
    The two watched
the sun set.
    “Someday, Seles,”
he said.
    The pair stood
quietly for a few minutes as night fell. She noticed he was staring off to the
side with a strange smile on his face.
    “What?” she
asked.
    He shook his
head and sighed. “You can’t see her can you?”
    “See what?”
Seles looked closer at the air he was looking at. “I don’t see anything at
all.”
    He turned away
as if what was there had disappeared. “Be glad that you can’t.”
    “Now I’m really
worried.” Seles took his hand. “What did you see?”
    “Delne,” he said.
    “What?” Seles
asked while looking at the empty space once more.
    “She’s been
visiting me a lot these last few months.” He shook his head again. “I’m not
sure why.” He noticed the look of concern on Seles’s face again. “She’s not the
only one, just the most frequent.”
    Seles shook her
head as she went to leave. “I don’t want to leave you seeing ghosts, but it’s
time.”
    “To be left
alone is my fate,” he said.
    “I’ll see you
soon,” she said.
    “I love you,”
Brian said.
    She smiled. “I
love you too.”
    Seles walked
into the darkness of night. Standing outside the door was Valis. Her violet
hair glowed with the streetlights filling the shadows.
    “Are you ready?”
Valis asked.
    “As ready as
I’ll ever be,” Seles said.
    The headed for
the dock the Avoni was on.
    “How’s he
feeling?” Valis asked.
    “He’s seeing
spirits,” Seles said. “Other than that he seems fine.” She noticed concern on
Valis’s face. “What’s happened?”
    “We’re going to
have to change the plan a little bit,” Valis said.
    “How much is a
little?”
    “Be ready to
launch the Raknas as soon as we’re on board.”
    “Of course,” she
noticed Valis staring at her, “What?”
    “You said he was
seeing spirits. Who did he see?”
    “He mentioned
Delne,” Seles said. She noticed Valis thinking about something. “What is it
now?”
    “I’ve heard
reports from the crew that he’s been talking to people who aren’t there,” Valis
said. “Celi says everything’s alright physically, but what about spiritually?”
    “He still says
he’s an atheist,” Seles said.
    “Perhaps that’s
changed.”
    “Is that because
of the Avoni’s journey through Grey space?”
    “You’ve noticed
it as well Seles.” Valis gazed at the night sky. “Everyone who survived the
sojourn was changed. The only one who didn’t seem so when I interviewed her was
Jesela.”
    Seles laughed.
“Nothing could rattle her.”
    Valis smiled.
“True.”
     

Chapter 3 - Halting
Blades
     
    After the sun set,
a squadron of Minan soldiers surrounded Brian’s apartment complex. A hundred of
them separated into twenty smaller squads of five. At the head of the mission
was a tall and strong shouldered Minan with brown fur. The only signifier of
his rank was a gold and silver armband on his right arm. In addition to the
ground forces, ten of the latest Confederation mobile suits, the Lance Phalanxes,
patrolled the airspace directly over the residential sector. In the shadows
next to the Minan leader was a Mylor wearing a crimson and golden exoskeleton.
    “Commander
Baeron, are your troops