Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

cleaning up.”“I made sure I got that clear with them this time,” Tellowsaid. “I also made it clear I wasn’t cooking up the afterbirth.They can be some mean pussies, but they gave me iron upfront and said the kid would be out before I could get back.”“Well, we won’t dawdle,” Alan said.Tellow had already seen the Eye and knew why thelantern was next to it. They didn’t need to discuss it. It was alla big charade. He was now pretty sure Tellow was his paroleofficer, sent by Theology to make sure he was followingdoctrine. Technically he was, within the bounds of three-dreality he can shine a lantern on that native eye and it canpick up the network. It was interesting that he didn’t casuallyask what he was doing this time of Nightday, but that wasn’tpart of his cover. Tellow noted and didn’t ask.Alan led him into the garden. The rows were a littlenarrow and Nightday is very dark. No candle in a window isas bright as Kunae in the sky, 61Cygni B, a much brighter starthan any in Earth’s sky, even Venus, but nothing compared tothe full moon of Narrulla, which gave only a quarter the lightof Earth’s. There was one more lantern, actually more likely acandle, in a field across the stream. There was a camp firegoing around the bend in the brook and they could hearvoices. Other than that, the Nightday was dark and silent. Therain clouds were only starting to build over the valley floor.Even the lumins were still on what might be the coldest darkof the year.65