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‘I’m not sure this is a good time. My entire city is under martial law, but the throwbacks are on the rampage anyway.’
    ‘I am sorry, my sister,’ Mitsiocaler replied as calmly as she could, but her face belied her urgency . ‘I seek sanctuary, as my own Temple is under attack from gangs of throwbacks even as we speak. It can only be a matter of time before they get in.’
    ‘The way I hear it, all this is your fault anyway ,’ Mitsioni commented dryly. ‘Why should I help you?’
    ‘You’re my sister!’ Mitsiocaler replied , unsure of what else she could say.
    Mitsioni sighed heavily . ‘I’d probably receive a medal from the others if I just shot you down, but you are my sister. You’d better come on through.’
    ‘Thank you, my sister,’ Mitsiocaler replied , relaxing visibly. She hadn’t known what sort of greeting she might expect after everything that had happened, and she had half expected a much worse reception than that she’d received. Not wanting to leave the gateway open for any members of the mob that did manage to breach the walls of her Temple, she tapped in a simple code that would give her five seconds to get across the threshold before the code was scrambled and the gateway became unusable.
    ‘We don’t have a lot of time,’ Mitsioni told her as Mitsiocaler entered her sister’s Temple and before she was able to speak . ‘My city is burning; they even burn their own homes in their attempts to flush out members or our race. They are scum. We have treated them far too fairly in the past.’ Then she looked at her sister, a little surprised. ‘Are you all alone then?’
    Mitsiocaler nodded with a bit of a sigh. ‘At least one of my servants is dead. Two others were outside the Temple doing whatever they could to keep my people together. I think most Herbaht in my city have left for the wilderness, and I don’t know if my servants were with them or not. I hope not. I’d hate to think they were so cowardly. The only one left in the Temple was the cook, and I wasn’t sure that I had the time to fetch her before the throwbacks got in. She’ll just have to cope for herself.’
    ‘Can’t be helped . Besides, it’s probably just as well,’ Mitsioni responded coldly. She glanced between the walls of screens and her sister as they talked, wanting to keep an eye on what was happening in the city but also wanting her sister to feel at least a little bit welcome. ‘Hatshulosk and I have an escape plan, and there isn’t a lot of room for anyone else. As it is, I’ve sent my own servants off into the city to aid with the defenses and to get them out of the way. That’s why I hesitated to invite you in, but I’m sure we can find room for a third. Food and space might be a bit tight, but when I explain to him that you are my sister, I’m sure he’ll agree.’
    Mitsiocaler nodded simply . She felt a little out of place, as if she didn’t really belong and was in the way. ‘So what’s the plan?’
    Mitsioni answered slowly, ‘You understand that before we decided on this course of action, I’d already been in contact with nearly everyone , trying to get some sort of advice and maybe some sort of cohesion between us. I had been hoping we might fight back, but no one seems willing to take orders from anyone else, and without proper leadership we’re bound to fail. Besides, it seems as if this thing has spread totally out of control. Everyone is having problems of some description, and already the Gods and Goddesses of many of the smaller cities have fallen.’
    ‘So, what about this escape plan?’ Mitsiocaler asked; she crossed the room slowly.
    ‘How well do you know Hatshulosk?’ Mitsioni asked her sister, turning in her chair to follow her across the room.
    ‘ He’s kind of an eccentric, likes to look at the stars and has even made one or two trips to some of the closer ones in the belief that one of them might possibly be capable of supporting life. When he does, he