There are a lot of Amentan countries. Vanda Nossëo representatives are dispatched to all of them. These Elves (two with black hair, one with silver) take a shuttle down from the lightleaper to a country called Calado, and radio ahead to request permission to land at a elegant modern spaceport.
okay by comparison Voa and Tapa look like thriving modern democracies
Countries with real penalties get to go first. But that is, legally speaking, adequate, and eventually they'll get their turn.
Maybe in a hundred years they'll be ashamed of themselves.
He pays attention when Tapa gets to Peka's neighborhood.
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Outwardly it's a very normal red neighborhood. Everybody presents themselves for cleaning. Peka has beads in her hair.
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She'll meet them there. She scoops up Katin and -
- keys are mysteriously not working.
...they go to Ambarona anyway.
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Then she and her parents and Apef and Shahn will show up, Katin slung to Peka's back.
The Elf prince is a kind of extraordinary singer.
She might recognize his voice, actually, from the beads.