My Library

border haze. You could spend thousands of years in the rings and never explore all aspects of them. Some parts are great, some not so great. I was told that whatever man can think of is somewhere in these rings; thus more is being added constantly as man thinks more. Also I was told some humans do spend thousands of years here, rotating in and out of physical earth life. Could be exciting stuff if you planned and thought it out carefully. But most of them … (I got him, got him!) BB almost blew me away, he was vibrating so hard. (Where?) BB was already spinning away and I was following closely. Curious to finally meet the notorious AA … then I nearly rammed BB, he pulled up so suddenly. BB flickered. (It’s AA, but … there’s something wrong.) I scanned to get a percept on his focus. There was a form, small, low energy base, female, old woman, no, not so old, just … BB vibrated and moved in. (AA! Hey, old boy, it’s me!) The form flickered, half open. (Leave me alone.) BB vibrated. (It’s me! BB!) The form opened more. (What?) BB reached out. (BB, that’s who, old buddy, come to take you back!) The form opened wider, vibrated. (BB! Where did you come from!) BB smoothed. (Never mind, I’m going to take you back.) AA flickered. (Back? Back where?) (Back where you belong.) AA vibrated. (Belong? I belong here! BB, I tell you, I’ll never be a female again! I was all day hoeing in the fields, got up in that cold stone hut while it was still dark, made the cooking fire, then ground the grain into meal, then cooked food for the children, then he got up and I made his food, then the tax collector came and took three pigs, my three best, then my youngest baby died and I had to bury her longside the other eight, but I kept six of the fourteen alive till the plague got me, and all the time he just was lying around or hunting, or taking a club to me, then him and those other men came in sousing drunk on wine and laid it to me, all of them. That plague was God’s will. It took me away from all of that!)