Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

Daedelus said, “until Yellelle brought back the detailedrecords from your ship, but we do know that the spaceoccupied by the souls from Kassidor is about four times aslarge as that occupied by souls from Earth.”“The mortals were extinct when we got there,” Ava said,“maybe for a thousand years. We have no evidence they wereactually humans.”“True,” Rene said, “if you take their report at face value.”She had really hoped it wouldn’t be about this. She had tosay the information was confidential at some point. Sheprobably shouldn’t have admitted to as much as she had. Ifthey got to the reunification she was going to stonewall.Instead a couple more people entered the room. “LearnedsPavel and Boris,” Maroclo beamed, “good to see you, andPyotr, so good of you to come,” he said with a shade lessenthusiasm.Boris immediately greeted Albert like an old friend,though Albert was a bit more reserved in his greeting, he stillrose and clasped arms, allowed the Russian a hug.Pyotr was a big man, probably late fifties, with a longovercoat, heavy brows but laughing eyes. “I couldn’t miss achance to meet one of the mortal-made Angels in the flesh,”he belly-laughed at his stupid joke. “Is this beautiful lady theone we’re here to meet?” he turned and looked down thecleavage of Yellelle who was between Maroclo and Buduaniat the head of the table.“No,” Learned Maroclo said, “this is Yellelle L’Noropi,497