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482 - Any Questions?

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Around me, there was a stir of air that was not merely a breeze blowing through the garden. Despite serene faces, the sera-ina's fans were all moving much more vigorously than necessary. On my left, Monnen's attention was not on Itasas or his talk, for all that his eyes were on

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481 - Having Once Been Broken

"In my limited and mortal understanding, I can only speculate at the true nature of my God and His Goddess, however, I have some ideas. And I could, of course, be completely wrong.
"The fundamental emotion I wish to speak on, is joy."
Itasas was a very different lecturer than any other dekinas I had heard, and of course completely different than any Mahid religious teacher I'd had.  He was

480 - Getting to Kyriala's Soiree

Antras informed me that I had an express chair waiting as he adjusted the asymmetrical cape, that Skorsas had decreed as my 'style', over my shoulder.  "The express chairbearers will have you over to the Diamond in good time, Minis, and rather than skating and arriving hungry, sweaty and disheveled you shall be perfectly turned out and will have had time to place yourself outside these

479 - Recovery and the Mood in the City

Tanifas had my problems out of me, mostly, in that first session, and sent me back out of the kennels, to the rest of the Marble Palace, reeling. I felt as if I'd had my insides rinsed out, fluffed and put back.  It was enough to make the rest of the palace seem as unreal as if the stone were somehow made out of water or something else equally fluid.
It was unsettling, still raining, still

478 - More Pages Letters

Dear Editor,
In answer to Ser Litzarn's letter in the last edition.  Dear Ser I understand your upset and laud you for your petition to the Assembly of Arko.  I do, however, take exeption to the number of things you consider wrong with our beloved country.
I believe your petition would be more effective if you focused upon the core of the problem in the Empire, which is this so called Fenjitza.

Letters to the Editor

Dear readers,

If any of you are as outraged by this Ser's petition and letter to the Pages as kliklikitty, please feel free to send Intheras Terren letters in response. I will be setting up the Pages mailbox on Google Docs so contact me for the correct address to send your letters.

Not to worry if they are in the correct form... all submissions to the Pages are carefully scrutinized by the

477 - First of Five Thousand

Letter to the Editor of the Pages…Muunas 26, Y.P.A. 50

Dear Editor,

I am amazed that the wrath of the Ten has not completely obliterated the city and, indeed, the Empire.

Since the bloody devastation of the horrific sack of Arko, wild and evil laws have been passed to destroy and ruin our sacred traditions.  Our daughters are in danger of eternal smothering, our streets are over-run with

476 - I Need To Pray

Riala sat in the silence of the night, the soft breathing of the other girls shut out on the other side of the garderobe door.  She had her arms wrapped around her middle, bent over as if to hold herself together over a cramp.

She held her handkerchief crammed into her mouth to muffle her own sobs, her own tears.  Ky had such pleasant ideas of what sex was.  The other girls… had their own

475 - Doing Something Strenuous

The fountain gurgled and changed its flow from ten jets to a single flow, almost like a living thing sleeping, quietly breathing in the dark all around them. "The Fenjitza gave me a little book…" The baths were dreamlike, with the thin shafts of moonlight making spikes of bright contrast. It was so strange, to not have anything pressing on her body, except for the lounge and the soft towel she