Carnage by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Action & Adventure, Colonization, Dystopian, Galactic Empire, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Military, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Fleet
Publisher: Archon Lore
Published: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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April 15, 154930

Poolion System (Home Two Kingdom)

Turron

“And why did you bring me here?” Paul asked as he and Cal-com were walking the busy streets of one of the smaller cities on Turron, again wearing cloaks to disguise themselves amongst the alien traffic on a world populated by a branch of the Virri race that was widespread across this quarter of the galaxy as the Archon walked viewing the ground in front of him and little else.

“What do you feel differently than on Ha’shavi?”

“You want the list?”

“Give me the highlights,” the Voku said, having to walk sideways to get between a group of shorter aliens and a hovercart full of fruit as they got sandwiched between the two when the traffic flow ebbed the wrong way.

“Naivety, positivity, cluelessness, happiness, angst, boredom…”

“And in yourself?”

“My senses are still limited, and there’s a danger in that, but I’m less worried about the environment. I felt more open before.”

“You need the danger for the contrast?”

“I believe that would be an accurate assessment, though I’ll admit I’m mostly blind as to what’s going on inside my head right now. You didn’t answer my question.”

“You must find the answer yourself, or it won’t process,” Cal-com said dismissively. “The Voku never had your problem, nor did we ever have full control. We always served the Elders and trusted in their guidance and forethought. You are an Elder, so one extreme of yours is untethered. This creates imbalance if you do not have a quest to push in that direction. Without this pressure…I speculate…that you will become lost in matters of that direction. I have not noticed your leadership of others to have flagged in the least. It is your connection to the unknown that is lacking.”

“I can’t argue that.”

“But you also can’t confirm it?”

“Everything you’ve shown me, and we’ve discussed, nips at something I can’t put my finger on. I keep missing the obvious, and I don’t know how to open my eyes because I can’t find what’s shut down.”

“You said the last time you felt ‘normal’ was during the V’kit’no’sat war?”

“That last I can remember. Afterwards was kind of a blur.”

“Because the war ended or because Essence began?”

“Perhaps because nothing of merit occurred…at least not in comparison to what came before.”

“You conquered the impossible, now everything of less difficulty feels unimportant?”

“It feels important, but as a side mission. My primary quest is complete. The V’kit’no’sat were survived, defeated, and now absorbed. The threat is gone.”

“A threat that defined you?”

“We became who we are in spite of it. Without that spite…”

“You think you wouldn’t be yourself? That is utter stupidity.”

Paul frowned beneath his hood. “How is missing that ascension irrelevant?”

“Because it does not make you who you are, it allowed your true colors to show through. They were always there, perhaps dormant before, but it did not create you. If it did, there would have been a Star Force long before yours was formed. Have you ever found any pure lightside civilizations beyond your own?”

“No,” Paul said regretfully. “I’ve often wondered about that.

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