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"Another long day in the garden," Mericlou sighed, pressing her hand to her apart panel "It's too bad Aldrec didn't show up today; I could've used the company"

It had been an entire year since they first rateful, ined Aldrec was a spark of variety; a whih, and satisfied her android curiosity in ways she never dreae And he shared with her a shockingly profound understanding of people that never failed to amaze She had lost count of the number of odd passerby whom he lifted from a bad

Her tis everywhere, invigorating her with a new zeal for life As a matter of fact, had it not been for him, she believed that the round her beneath its heel Juggling her family and jobs in the daily rat race, she would have drowned underneath her own priorities long ago During their tiarden in Skainhart, strolling beside the Selisna, or their infrequent excursions to Berengard, Nibra, or Sakar, she learned that she could put her heart into her work, and still have ti spell broke, and she pushed the door open

Strange … There was no light inside She figured at least Alaema would be here

She closed the door behind her, shrouded in near-total darkness Where was everybody?

She hts ca face

"Big sister, welcome hoe down upon the coffee table

"N …Noroa?" Mericlou staht of the sister that she had not seen in over two years Her face broke into a broad grin and she ran into her outstretched arms

It really was her!

Noroa had lived with Skori and Sedriil since before Mericlou had arrived Though Mericlou was short, Noroa, another Alerian e, expressive blue eyes, and a more youthful face Overall, her appearance would have been child-like, had it not been for her pronounced feh pretty, she was not as strikingly beautiful as other female types of her model