Quest by Shannah Jay

Author:Shannah Jay [Jay, Shannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780330274227
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Published: 1993-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

QUEST Shannah Jay 99

'It's a miracle that any consignments of supplies are getting through at all,' Soo went on, trying not to show surprise at his exclamation. 'That last one took twice as long as usual to get here. Of course we can live on the emergency hydroponics, but only as long as the equipment functions and we don't run out of spare parts.'

'The God be praised, then, that you managed to get the new consignment of stasis cubes and send them down to us.

Al the temples are now safe, at least. Confex must have listened to your report and not Robler's.'

This time Soo let her surprise show. 'Davred, you're beginning to talk like the Sisters. You say "The God be praised"

as if you mean it!'

'I do mean it.'

She stared at him, thinking: and you smile knowingly sometimes, just as Herra and Katia do. 'Don't you mind the way you're changing?'

'Why should I? It was my own choice to come down here, after all. I couldn't expect to stay the same, could I? I’m fortunate that they've made me so welcome - and even more fortunate that I met my Katia.' He gave her a wry smile.

'But I will admit that it's been hard at times, a bit like going back to pre-university studies, especially having to learn the Disciplines with the novices. That's no small task, I can tell you. They've got young, supple bodies. Mine ached for weeks when I first started!'

'Is the planet as interesting and the knowledge as valuable as you thought it would be?'

'The knowledge the temple offers is far more valuable than I'd expected, but I haven't been able to get outside much to see the planet. It's becoming unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous, for anyone connected with the temple to go into the city. There's even danger now for any person who openly supports the Sisterhood.'

'Do you really believe in this God of theirs, Davred?'

'Not in the sense of a primitive deity, no, but as a focus for gathering together goodness and wisdom, yes, Soo, with all my heart. And I think Herra and Katia see it that way, too.'

'What! Are you sure? That's far too sophisticated a concept for people at their stage of development. I thought they simply believed that their Brother the God was somewhere in the sky, keeping watch over them.'

'The more ignorant of their followers do, and the less gifted of the Sisters, but most don't have such simplistic beliefs.'

'But that sort of sophisticated reasoning doesn't fit in with the stage of development of this planet at all. Even I know that!' She stared at him in bafflement. 'Sometimes I think that nothing seems to fit on Sunrise.'

'That's what I keep telling you - the stages of development here can't be judged by any previous standards we set up.

People may seem primitive in some ways, but there are glaring anomalies, aspects in which they're far more advanced than the Confederation worlds. Take the Gift of Healing, for instance. I've seen them repeat their "magic" times without number since Herra healed my broken leg.

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