“Meg is one of the few humans I’ve met that is excited to have been taken from Earth. She knows more about Clecania than any of us. She’s studied all the cities and cultures of this planet. She learned to read your language within a few months even though she could just as easily use a translation glass. Meg is a smart, adventurous ball of light, and if your goal is to take her away and snuff out that light because she’s yours and because you can, you’re going to have a very hard road ahead.” Maxu didn’t want that. He’d only just met her, yet the fire in her soul called to him on a level
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