Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

As he walked thru the rows to the edge of the patio, hewondered why she would do that. She was in no danger oflosing her universe or any part of it. And why had she turnedaround so fast? There had to be something more to this, buthe knew better than to ask. He would have to be careful, buthe wasn't going to turn this opportunity down, especially ifshe could lighten his sentence.“You picked a nice way to arrive," he called to her. "I seeyou’ve brought your magic with you.”“Oh no, I flew here in three-d reality,” she laughed.“You have to play with the clock cycle to do that,” Alansaid, knowing it would take days to fly here from even thenearest places with a floater, but this one was emblazonedwith the logo of the Kassikan, a circle with a vertical linedividing it and two diagonal lines extending down from thecenter. It was a stylized rendition of the lake as seen fromspace, also known as a 'peace sign' to 20 th century Earth.“Well; I could say I have a mortal sister...” she let thattrail off. She was already low enough to drop to the ground.She was wearing a snug Yakhan style jersey, her beautifulshape was more obvious than ever. Her long brown hairstreamed behind her as she ran to him.He snatched her up, spun her around, remembered doingthat with Desa in front of the front door. She let him do it, herattitude toward him had changed so suddenly that hewondered if this was really the cherub/clone from BiologyBase and not the Ava who had been nothing but business for a92