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Even as she was er andproblenore

Luna’s resources were dwindling faster than ever, just as the reports had said they would Only regolith seericulture, their forest industry andplants were all dependent on the space within the atravity-controlled doht up froo

More luxuries, rounds and shipbuilding, all equaled fewer resources

The court representatives warned her that they could not sustain this level of advancement for more than a decade or two

On the screen, Eeting with his necktie The people of the Co the word on her tongue, and it felt like the first time she’d said it Or, the first time she’d meant it Earth "That is e need"

And why shouldn’t they take it? They were the more advanced society, the er, and smarter, and more powerful Earthens were but children in comparison

But how best to take it? There were far too many Earthens to brainwash, even if she divided her entire court a--it would be years still before she could make use of her antidote And her wolf soldiers were not yet ready for any sort of full-scale attack There was still soEarth by force

But as she learned fros by force Sometimes it was better if you made them come to you Made them want you

A e alliance then, just as Channary had dreao Princess Winter would ood match for this boy, but Winter had no royal blood The alliance would be too superficial

No, it had to be the queen It had to be Levana It had to be someone who could, so her lips, she turned off the screen

She would have to do it, she knew For the people For their future For Luna

For all of Earth

She could not remember the last tiht, and Evret seemed surprised by her presence They had barely spoken since their argument, and when Levana tried to kiss him, he rejected her as kindly as he could

Still, he didn’t ask her to leave