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"Take care you two. Let me know when you will be ready for pickup."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiiCyWDqNu
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I waved back to Ashiela just as the airlock doors began to close behind us, leaving just me and Sherika by ourselves inside of the space station. After waiting a moment to telepathically ensure they were okay, I turned around, examining the room to determine which way to go next.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdKAvNT17L
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"I'm glad you picked me to come along Lumina."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJsDO8kBkM
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I know why I had to, but I didn't expect Sherika to be excited about it. All Altiri are required to travel in pairs when visiting any orbital facility, which includes spacecraft, a rule designed with our personal safety in mind. "I thought you weren't going to be interested in something you already knew about."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh5stTDGGb
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"I could say the same to you, but to be honest, I'm just glad I can hang out somewhere with all this peace and quiet."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJa8o2TxXEh
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Peace and quiet eh? "Are Derria and Rose that annoying?"86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFwkyX8ydC
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"Not annoying per say. It is as your husband claimed earlier. No matter how much you love the people around you, sometimes, it just feels good to get away and be alone. I know you aren't much of a loud person yourself."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUfGQGqNn0
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"Oh, I'm plenty loud. I just respect people's peace is all." Sherika walked alongside me as I made pace to the data storage room. "And yeah, I already know all the about the science and what I've read before. Even with that said, I'm still curious about the difference in perspective. With everything being more updated, I'm sure there is more to add. As soon as I'm done, I'm going to scan it into my memory and show Reed every part of it. He would love this material right now."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGsAy923Ty
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"How is he by the way?" Sherika didn't hide her nervous concern for his wellbeing, and I couldn't blame her.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBsWeETBUu
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Not once, not twice, but the last dozen times I've paired with Reed, it's been so concerning to see the state he devolves into now."Still in the same situation, though I suppose it's good that he's still hopeful..."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lO5cq6mFj
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Is he though? I don't know how much longer I can lie to myself about this. That man is going through something I'd never want to try. His chronic headaches have already exhausted every last drop of patience for living he ever had, and now he has to battle a totally separate condition holding him down on top of it all. Even though it ironically makes him want to fight on harder, I'm worried it's a battle he cannot win.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWRdr6ogOH
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Reed, the man I married back in 2011 might not be alive on Earth for much longer. It's impossible to confirm whether or not he is terminally ill, but if his situation gets any worse, there won't be any hope for him left. He only seems to get weaker with every connection, his body failing, his Cora shorting. I don't even know what he has going on, but it's been happening since September 2023...86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2xFhv1WWO
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I've seen it for myself now, several times in fact. There is no way it's just old age. Humans don't suffer from a lethargy so intense, so debilitating that all possible energy is crushed so swiftly on a near daily basis. That isn't his default. I wish for him to improve, but even he is out of ideas for what might be killing him...86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCXrnfSzaO
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"Doesn't sound too promising." Sherika could probably sense my never-ending worry and concern, something I can't put out of my system. I can't help it though. Even though Reed will be transperated into our world, becoming an Altiri in the process after his death on Earth, I just don't like the idea of him dying in any context. Even if it's only for a few days, death is always scary for those we want to protect."Don't worry though. If anything happens, I promise we shall transperate Reed into this world. He can be here with us at last, in the flesh like we've always wanted, fulfilling the ultimate promise of our purge."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTOsKkYShJ
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"It's just not fair, you know? I wanted Reed to grow up on Earth happy, getting every last penny for his time and experience there. What does he get instead? Never-ending health issues, zero human friends he can ever trust with our secrets, no good job, and a career path that costs too much of the time he no longer has left to give... Some people are just born unlucky."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y8dUhyqyO
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"Maybe. I doubt he will see it that way though, at least when he winds up in Genosis where he will truly be happy. I look forward to it too. Even though I feel the same way you do now about his declining health, I am more than ready to welcome my brother into this world."86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Oo90SwWLp
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"Thanks... It makes me happy to hear you say that, even though I knew you already felt this way." Not that long ago, Sherika would have never been caught dead saying something like this, because of our collective hatred for heathens... But now, maybe because of Reed's personal influence on all of us, or maybe because of his standing proof that our hatred is partially misplaced, we no longer spend so much time concerned with the thought.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Xy6ueqiKr
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I know Reed can be trusted with anything. He is a truly kind soul, the kind of person this world needed way back then. Due to Georgia's current weather, and probably a bit of unknown lethargy I just can't know about right now, he won't be reachable for a while. So, I might as well spend all my time here, looking up the recent research report typed up by special members of the Royal Scryers. It's a special report about psionics, one directly tied to both our worlds, since the data we've shared in all this time has allowed many more to speak and theorize about specific psionic matters.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRH4kxAOgIl
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"Indeed. I will read it as well, alongside you, though in silence, as I prefer for occasions such as this." It was an easy request to grant. There wouldn't be any sense in reading any of this stuff out loud, and if Sherika is parallel-reading this with me, anything we both learn together will feel that much more special.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdoFFEf1Xb
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Maybe we can read it together as well, me, Sherika, and you.86Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZvsOJ6Hvd
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