Eye of the Ocean Book 3 Ji'jin Station

Eye of the Ocean – Book 3: Ji’Jin Station
“And founder of the Lady Cult, an offshoot of the Spann Wu'similini religion.
The legends say that Allykh escaped from the Clan Zimmer and brought the
message to the freeborn about what happened on our Alisim and that there was a
doorway between realities that... well, a more powerful manifestation – a
permanent manifestation - of their god could pass through. There are variations
on that, but you and Kori are both... saints, I suppose. Ulanda's coming here, her
connection to Cassa... this reality, I mean, is to signal that the final battle
between Empire and the Wu'loss cass is about to happen.”
“Rilla didn't mention anything...” A coughing fit stopped him.
“The cult is not so widespread that she would have known at first. The escort
Cruisers' Nets would be more extensive than this one and they've had a chance to
get information at the Stations we've jumped from.”
Had the E'kalt Salin changed towards them? He couldn't seem to make his
memory of her behave. Too much time had been spent fighting to restrict the
instinct-driven attempts at control on her part, and having to assume any of the
reasons behind the fighting without really knowing them.
“What's this all about?”
“The cult is heresy as far as the Spann are concerned.”
“I thought the entire Wu’similini religion was heresy.”
“Well it is, but it’s much more important because of the increased power of
both the ti’Linn and the Spann in this reality. Garm says that divorced from the
politics, the actual beliefs are generally tolerated. Or not even noticed. The Lady
Cult is pretty much restricted to the freeborn Zimmer and mostly on the Altasimic
worlds. And on the Clan and Alliance worlds if what Silassic said is accurate, the
cult is found among the freeborn there, but it's punishable by death.”
“Three generations,” he whispered, remembering what she had said about the
Clan Zimmer and the freeborn they took in service. “Which are we? The side of
good or evil?”
Alicia took the bowl from his hand. “The side of good, of course.”
The side of good? He wasn't as sure as she sounded, or it was that it hadn’t
any meaning stated that simply. “What happed on Alisim?” They hadn’t dared
expose their interest while on the ship. Now, apparently it didn’t matter, it was
too late to hide. “This Alisim, I mean. Have you found that out yet?”
“Nexus Change apparently weakened the warding enough that it had to be
released. Garm says that a joining of human echo line Priests managed to handle
everything quite peacefully.”
“Then what Ulanda did transcended realities.”
“That’s what he says. And that the Ekinata judgment was decided by the High
Temple Court as a religious matter and in favor not only of the ti'Linn Consortium
but their way of looking at the Wu'loss cass...”
“How did you become an expert?”
Laurel Hickey www.2morrow.bc.ca