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hand.
    “Coora whale oil. Very low flashpoint. Excellent for heating areas when wood is in low supply.”
    “You are alive.”
    “And so are you, child. I must give my compliments to Resicor; she really packs a punch.” He sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bier. “Come along now and we will get you back with Tyvor, and we can have a nice land-walker dinner at your cottage. You have an assignment that your world has given you, and you need to begin it as quickly as you are able. My great-grandson will assist you.”
    He gave her a wink and unlocked the manacles with a touch. Once she was loose, he lifted her and jumped off the bier and into the water.
    Your suit is good, Skiria, but would you consider gill implants? It would be simpler for you and you could get the fins to go along with it.
    She couldn’t believe what he was asking her. If I am to go to other worlds, it isn’t really practical, is it?
    You will have to go home to some world sometime and returning to Resicor is not what she wants for you.
    How do you know?
    The touch you gave me was a connection of sorts. You ran a strand of psychic energy from Resicor to me. The touch sealed the connection, and now, she is going to ask more of you.
    What?
    You will be her ambassador, Skiria. You are going to touch as many worlds as you can, carrying your link to your home world to every one of them and sharing your mind strike with the Avatars.
    A thousand more questions rose in her mind, but he gave her a look that told her she was not to beak off quite yet. He had to make a point.
     

Chapter Five
     
     
    After the Avatar informed his people that Skiria was under his protection, he demanded that Tyvor be brought to him, and the blooded and bruised man was produced in minutes.
    Raygar didn’t let her go. He held her tight against him and waited for his great-grandson. When Tyvor came forward with relief in his expression, Raygar extended one arm, pulled him in for a hug and then launched all three of them toward the surface with as much speed as he could manage. It was extremely impressive.
    They didn’t just leave the water; they flew to the beach near her home. Her suit just snapped back into its normal position when he was setting her on her feet and checking Tyvor’s wounds.
    He had gashes on his skin and he winced when he moved.
    “I am sorry, Tyvor. There was no way to test the ambassador without seeing how she would react to a people who didn’t understand her actions. It was her final test, set by her own world. I was merely the means for the test to be administered.” As he spoke, he placed his hands a few inches from Tyvor’s skin and healing followed the slow sweep.
    “Why were you the means?”
    “We are close to Resicor, or we will be at the correct time. I believe that Tyvor was also a factor. He needs to get away from his mother and be his own man, plus you like him.”
    Her cheeks flushed scarlet. “How would she know that before I had even seen him?”
    “That would be the Archive mixed with the Commander. He made a match.”
    She blinked. “I know about the Archive, but what is the Commander?”
    “He is a matchmaker talent and one of the first of the Sector Guard. He and his wife fly from base to base finding mates for those who are not precisely in the right place to meet the one for them.” Raygar kept the healing going but he shrugged. “I have never found much of a problem locating a willing female.”
    Tyvor snorted. “Willing, sure, but the one you want to wake with and work with, that is something else entirely, Avatar.”
    Raygar smiled. “That explains your remaining on duty since she arrived, right down to sleeping in her vicinity when you needed a rest. Your mother, Yinka, disapproves.”
    “She disapproves of many of the things in my life, why should the woman I want be any different.”
    Skiria blinked and listened to their conversation for a moment before she realized that they were talking about her.