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bodyguards.”
    “True,”
Kivi said. “This will be the first time the public gets to see you. Are you
sure you’re okay with this?”
    “I’m
not a kid. I can handle myself and anyone who tries to mess with us.” He
couldn’t help but still notice that many of the Kalaidians nearby stared at
him. “I hope they don’t start dropping to their knees and praying.”
    When
the massive elevator touched ground level the pair headed into the streets.
Scores of Kalaidians were in awe as he passed.
    “They
look happy Brian.” Kivi noted the smiles and shouts aimed towards him. “I’ve
never seen this in my life.”
    “When
I first talked with Seles about the Kalaidian system of rule I had a feeling
this would happen once I did what I did,” he said as he smiled and nodded back
to them. “The people of Kali no longer live in chains. You and the rest of your
people have been set free. Free to dream, free to hope, and free to live the
way you want.”
    “You’re
sounding sentimental,” she said as the pair walked through the middle of the
Kalaidian district, with merchants and workers all around showing their respect
to the Terran.
    He
looked to the sky and took a deep breath. “Before I was taken I was on the path
to become a writer. In my heart I’m a dreamer whose mind always resides in the
clouds. I wear the armor of a knight but in my heart I’ll always be that
storyteller.” He turned to Kivi, seeing the look on her face. “What?”
    She
laughed. “It’s not like you to be so serious.”
    “I
feel relaxed. The Avoni’s my home now. You and the others are like family.”
    When
they reached the outer reach of the Kalaidian district Kivi stepped in front of
Brian and faced him.
    “What
is it?”
    “It’s
time to stop this kind of talk,” she said. “Let’s have some fun. And to suit
your Terran tastes I have the perfect thing in mind.”
     
    * * *
     
    “What
are they talking about?” Jesela asked as the four shadowed Brian and Kivi.
    “It
seems pretty casual for a conversation with Kivi,” Mira answered.
    “Why
don’t we ask Seles?” Baed asked, looking to her cousin.
    Seles
stared for a moment. “My guess is he’s talking about his past, probably about
being a dreamer.”
    “How
do you know that?” Jesela asked.
    Seles
pointed at him. “He’s walking at a slow pace and is looking at the sky. He
always gets sentimental when he looks like that.”
    “I’m
impressed,” Mira said before stopping the group. “By the way, were you able to
get what we needed from the captain?”
    Seles
pulled a metal card key from her belt pouch. “Valis was quite cooperative. I’m
supposed to give it back to her by the last day of leave.”
    “Why?”
Baed asked.
    Mira
sighed. “You sound like a naive girl.”
    “What’s
that supposed to mean?” Baed asked.
    Jesela
whispered into Baed’s ear. “It means that the captain wishes to have a night to
herself with our dear Terran.”
    Baed
blushed. “Oh.”
    “Alright,
enough of this,” Mira said. “We need to find his place. Seles, do you know
where it is?”
    “Of
course,” Seles said as she flipped open her wrist scanner. Calling up an image,
she pointed to a dot on the map. “It’s only a few blocks from here.”
    “Let’s
go then,” Mira said as they headed towards a large apartment complex at the end
of the road. It was a massive metal and concrete complex standing ten stories
in height. Windows and small balconies lined the complex.
    Mira
glanced around. “Where have Jesela and Baed gone off to?”
    Seles
did likewise. “I’ll bet their off following the other two.”
    “Well,
we did need someone to lure him back to his apartment.”
    “True,”
Seles said as the pair stopped in front of the massive apartment complex.
“Valis really went all the way for Brian.”
    “No
kidding,” Mira responded. “These apartments are the best in the Kalaidian
district.”
    Seles
took out the metal key card. “Well let’s go and see if our