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brain trust
to behold: fat flakes of snow falling on the tundra, sky-kings performing lazy spirals overhead, the flickering lights of the city, winter’s rippling, wavering curtains of polar light.
solarium
visited five of the fifty wonders of the Core; six of the thirty wonders of the Mid Rim; and twelve of the twenty-five wonders of the Outer Rim.
“Mathematics isn’t just science, it is poetry—our efforts to crystallize the unglimpsed connections between things. Poetry that bridges and magnifies the mysteries of the galaxy. But the signs and symbols and equations sentients employ to express these connections are not discoveries but the teasing out of secrets that have always existed. All our theories belong to nature, not to us. As in music, every combination of notes and chords, every melody has already been played and sung, somewhere, by someone—”
“Is there no escape from this madness?”
CORUSCANT WAS MOST frequently described as a city-world—an ecumenopolis—and while it was true that the fully urbanized eastern hemisphere buildings touched the sky,
On their tunics they wore insignia squares not unlike those worn by members of the Imperial military, providing coded information to security cams and defining the limits of where the wearer could venture.
Both the roof and the expansive front entrance, which was reserved for guests arriving at a secondary landing zone on the grounds, bore the Imperial company logo, which was a bold black circle featuring a smaller circle centered in what could be considered the upper hemisphere.
Frequently there were no words for what was in Galen’s mind, which made his formulas and equations intelligible only to a rare few. It wasn’t that he didn’t wish to see the world as others did; he was unable to. He saw more deeply into things, and was attuned to nature’s own musings and inner dialogues.
“That’s for you to know, and for me to remain ignorant about. In this instance, I am merely the messenger.”
The Octave Stairway,
“It’s our obligation to the Force to protect worlds like this from exploitation,” she went on, “the way the Jedi did with so many places. We should assume the responsibility in their absence.”
One Jedi commentator had called the kyber a somnolent stone that needed to be woken up to perform its purpose.
“We’ll defend ourselves until we’re unable to.” “Even if it’s not a fight you’re likely to win?”
“Most of the infrastructure is in ruins: dams destroyed, fusion and fission facilities smoldering, reservoirs poisoned, cities ransacked and on fire.” “I’m surprised they haven’t attempted to melt the polar ice caps.” “They may yet. Many even took to smashing everything in their households before fleeing in response to the government’s call for a frenzy of annihilation.”
She smiled in encouragement. “Don’t be an idiot. I didn’t fall in love with your research, Galen. I fell in love with you.”
Mama and Papa were good and so was Saw. And so was she. Good like Brin was in The Octave Stairway. If they tried hard enough, maybe they could find the home they were looking for.
Soon after, the lights in space shifted slightly, then turned to long lines, and Saw’s ship jumped and disappeared into swirling gray hyperspace.
