pdf file - Notes from An Alien

“Anglana, I've spent years serving the Worlds as a Council member and I've seen some improvement in
conditions. Some improvement but not enough. I feel I should relinquish my membership and travel the Worlds
to teach Akla's Cause.”
“Dear Mura, this is a joyous decision but you would need to select your replacement.”
“I have no idea who should replace me.”
“Would you consider a recommendation from me?”
“Certainly, Anglana.”
“Alunur Cessin.”
“He's a known Independent sympathizer!”
“This is true. What is also true is that he has a mind that is always searching and that has led him to
becoming immune to blindly accepting another's opinion.”
“Then, how could he sympathize with the Independents?”
“He's still relative young, twenty and four years, and he has spent those years acquiring a vast reservoir
of Worlds' knowledge. His involvement with the Independents began last year and he is already a thorn in their
side. His parents were rich enough to have left him a sizable fortune and he still feels a sense of entitlement−a
longing to maintain his independence without paying any dues to the culture that surrounds him. He will,
eventually, leave the Independents. He will tire of their ways.”
“Isn't there someone else, with no connection to the Independents?”
“Yes, but Akla has given me a plan.”
“Please, do tell me what use Akla would have for an Independent.”
“It is not primarily as a sympathizer of the Independents that he is valuable, though his being a Council
Member and a known sympathizer does have it's benefits. One is that it will embolden the Independents to take
more severe action. This will do two things. One is to hasten their downfall. Another is to give Alunur a harsh
lesson in the Oneness of all Angians.”
“I can accept whatever Akla wants but I need more information to help me understand.”
“If Alunur can withstand the lessons of being a Worlds' Council member while sympathizing with the
Independents, and he does have the potential to do that, he can become a worthy mate for your daughter.”
“What?! She's only twelve!”
“It should only take, at most, four years for Alunur to learn his lessons and help to throw a glaring light
on the ultimate intentions of the Independents. He will then be twenty and seven years and Verta will be
sixteen.”
“Certainly, Akla doesn't demand this marriage?”
“Mura, your mothering emotions are clouding your knowledge of Akla's Writings. The man and woman
must first make their own free-will choice of mate. That is then dependent on the living parents' consent.”
“Yes... But how will they ever meet if Verta and I are always traveling and Alunur is bound by his Council
duties?”
“Alunur will seek her out.”