The Heritage Trilogy - 01 - Semper Mars by Ian Douglas
Author:Ian Douglas
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780380788286
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Published: 1998-04-30T23:00:00+00:00
FOURTEEN
MONDAY, 28 MAY: 0030 HOURS GMT
Kinkakuji Temple garden
0930 hours Tokyo time
It had been eight days since Kaitlin had seen Yukio, since heâd left for his base way to the south on Tanega Island, and now her v-mail was being flagged as undeliverable. Sheâd placed a long-distance call to the base, but all she got was a recorded vidloop, saying that no calls were being accepted at this time. She wished she knew whether the Japanese military routinely closed their bases to outsiders during a drillâ¦or if this was an indication that something serious was brewing. Thereâd been nothing in the papers or on netnews to help her make sense of the situation. It was very puzzlingâ¦and a little disturbing.
Sheâd come to the temple this morning looking for a quiet restful place in which to think. To think about herself and Yukio, about their futureâ¦if they had one. Theyâd had a few days to travel around Japan before Yukio had to report to his base, and as she had feared, heâd become only slightly less formal away from Kyoto than he had been in his fatherâs house. It wasnât just the absence of sexâsheâd experienced dry spells before, and she could live with that. It wasnât even the lack of those public displays of intimacy that sheâd become accustomed to back home, holding hands, walking arm in arm, calling each other pet names. Being in Japan and speaking Japanese constantly made her almost feel Japanese. The day after they arrived, in fact, theyâd seen a young couple holding hands on the maglev to Tokyo, and sheâd been shockedâ¦as well as amused at her own reaction. No, the problem went deeper than that.
She feared that Yukio was seeing her now as hen na gaijin, as someone who would never fit in, no matter how well she spoke the language or understood the customs. She remembered times before, back in the States, when they had discussed the difficulties that a mixed couple would face. Heâd been the practical one, pointing out the problems foreigners still had in Japan, and the provincialism of large parts of the United States. Sheâd always countered with her belief that anything was possibleâ¦if theyâd loved each other enough. And that was probably it. Yukio must have realized that his love for her wasnât strong enough.
A high bamboo fence bordered the path to the temple. She ran her fingers gently along the bamboo as she walked along, head down. Abruptly the fence came to an end as the path ran along the edge of the lake. She saw it first in its reflection and caught her breath, as she suddenly knew why it was called the Golden Pavilion. Three stories high and covered with gold leaf, the temple gleamed with a dazzling brilliance both above and below the water. She found a spot next to the water and sat down, thinking how strange everything was. Her love for Yukio was stronger than everâ¦just when it seemed that his love for her was fading.
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