Alysha's Fall by Hogarth M.C.A

Author:Hogarth, M.C.A.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, science fiction, prostitution, social sf, anthropmorphics, military academy
Publisher: Studio MCAH
Published: 2000-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

Alysha walked toward the barracks, heading to her room to nap in the half-hour between Applied Tac and History. The churning flow of students in the hall did not fill her with distaste as it had before, but exhaustion drove her to lean against the wall until the crush had cleared away. Closing her eyes, she held her data tablet to her breast and listened to hundreds of pairs of boots scuffing the floor.

It was the shuffling set that made her finally open her eyes and glance down the near-empty hall, curious about what kind of cadet could walk with such obvious uncertainty.

And then she pushed herself from the wall and joined Laelkii, who wore cadet blue and black as hesitantly as she stood upright. Her red-rimmed eyes held weariness and her mouth trembled at the corners as if damming back tears, but her hair had been combed and braided to meet regulation, and she was clean and neat.

Alysha stood across from her, then put a hand on her shoulder. Laelkii rolled her lip between her teeth, looked down. Alysha glanced at her, then at her data tablet with its blinking room assignment.

“Come on,” she said, her voice quiet in the empty hall. “I’ll help you find your place.”

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