One Rothen and a sky-human lie on makeshift biers, robbed of life, while
the surviving visitor-invaders rage choleric, vowing retribution. If any
doubted their intent before, my rings, can it be ambiguous anymore? We are
A Free Dating Service bound to be punished. Only means and extent remain in doubt.
This is A Free Dating Service what the rebel zealots desired. No more confusion. An end to
hints and sweet, lying promises. Only the cleanliness of righteous
opposition, however uneven our powers against those we must resist. Let us
be judged, the zealots
demand, by our courage A Free Dating Service and faith, not our
hesitation.
The hot, A Free Dating Service unwinking star moves across our pre-dawn sky, orbiting slowly
closer, an angel-or demon-of vengeance. Do those aboard already know what
has happened? Are they even now plotting the storm to come?
The zealots argue we must seize the survivors-Ro-kenn, A Free Dating Service Ling, and Rann-as
hostages A Free Dating Service for the protection of every member of the Commons. And the
remaining
star-man, Kunn, when his aircraft returns to A Free Dating Service its shattered base.
A Free Dating Service horrified, our qheuenish
High Sage, Knife-Bright Insight, skewers A Free Dating Service the
zealot logic.
"You would pile one crime on A Free Dating Service another? Did they harm us, these aliens? Did
they strike the first blow, with their clinics and high-paying jobs? You
have slain two of them based on mere speculation of A Free Dating Service ill intent! Now you
would kidnap the rest? Let A Free Dating Service us imagine that A Free Dating Service those on the ship agree to your
demands, promising not to attack the Six. What is to stop them changing
their minds, once the hostages go free?& A Free Dating Service quot;
The zealot chief replies-
"Who says they will go free? Let them dwell among us for the rest of
their natural spans, living as deterrents to alien A Free Dating Service vileness."
"And after that? How foolish to think in terms of mere lifespans! Star-
gods A Free Dating Service ponder long thoughts. A Free Dating Service they plan long plans. To slay us now or in fifty
years, what difference will that make, in the grand scheme of things?"
Some onlookers murmur agreement. To others, however, it is as if the sage
has made a fine joke. A Free Dating Service they laugh in various ways and shout, "It A Free Dating Service makes a big
difference to those now alive!"
"Anyway," A Free Dating Service the urrish leader of the zealots adds-"You are wrong to say
they had not yet attacked us, or A Free Dating Service attempted (villainous) harm. To the
contrary, our (justified) explosive feat stopped their (vile) scheme just
in time!"
Soot-stained and fatigued,