CHAPTER 1
Abstract Meditative Art Shop, Jump Station Rho
Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap.
Hearing the quiet raps on the shop door, Daa grinned at her assistant. Pitching
her voice so the person knocking would hear her, she said, "Kall'Ia! I
hear a knock! Who could it be? Can't they see the CLOSED sign?"
Kall'Ia played along.
"Perhaps not... I understand there are D'Ur'Uma onstation and everyone
knows they have poor reading comprehension."
"I heard that! I
brought food since I knew you two were working late, but I guess I'll take it
home..."
Kall'Ia swung the door
open and without missing a beat, Gaala continued... "And don't even say a
word about reading comprehension. What species fabricated paper? The D'Ur'Uma!
What species introduced the most widely used universal alphabet? The D'Ur'Uma!
What species concocted laa'te?" On her last sentence, she vigorously waved
the take-out bag she held.
Gaala had the classic
golden D'Ur'Uma coloring — skin, hair, and eyes. Her long hair was loosely
twisted into a knot on the top of her head. Today she had three kn'itting
needles of varying sizes sprouting haphazardly out of the twist. Daa and Kall'Ia
had been keeping a running total. Neither of them had seen Gaala without
kn'itting needles, and so far, the top number had been seven. To be fair, that
had been on a day when Gaala was teaching a large class from a visiting cruise
ship.
Daa often thought about
what a wonderful opportunity the Artists in Residence program offered for the
different species in the Galaxia Alia to work together.
Gaala was D'Ur'Uma and
she, Daa, was LuWin with blue hair, eyes, and skin.
Her assistant, Kall'Ia was
Hreid. Kall'Ia had the expected large frame with small scales running the
typical female blend from orange to red. Daa thought she looked like a living
flame. Her dark hair was styled in tribal dreadlocks and she wore a single
woman's clan bar across her pierced brow ridge.
The Hreid were the
dominant species in the L'Empori Imperium, the prime enemies of the Galaxia
Alia. Not surprisingly, there were few of them in the Galaxia Alia, so Kall'Ia
got many sideways glances. Because of that, Kall’Ia was worried about the
cruise passengers. They'd discussed it and Kall'Ia had planned a strategy to
use if it was an issue.
The reality was, Hreid
were few and far between, many Galaxia Alia citizens feared them, and if she
wanted to become an AMA sanctioned artist, it was a problem she'd be dealing
with often. Daa knew that Kall'Ia's family had been citizens of the Galaxia
Alia for several generations before the last conflict with the Imperium, but
that wouldn't stop ignorant people from making ill-informed assumptions.
Now, Kall'Ia snatched the
bag before the laa'te spilled. The newcomer swung to face Daa, hands on hips.
"All I can say is, with a name like yours... DAA'See... you should be more
respectful."
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Book Description
Artist in Residence Series, Galaxia Alia
Readers who love Tales of the Citadel, Terran Times Second Wave, and Mechanical Advantage will enjoy the unique universe of the Galaxia Alia, its resourceful females, and sexy males...
Glyphs of Power
Commander Balum Kiz has a BIG problem to solve involving Jump Point technology. He’s not an engineer or a physicist, he’s an archaeologist. Now it looks like Artist DaaSee Noor holds the key.
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