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By Jorian Clarke

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Chapter 4

Kimma learns about the Darkness

“Yeeha,” shouted Tra. “I say Spec, that was some mighty fancy flying.”“No better than your incredible shooting,” responded Spec calmly. “Can youcome in and check on Kimma while I readjust our flying coordinates? I will need aboutthree minutes to update our plan.”The spaceship was now on autopilot as Spec bent over the plan table in hisuniversal chart room punching buttons to determine their current flight path and adjust forthe unexpected surprise departure.Tra unbuckled herself from the demistifier and slid back into the spaceshipthrough the connector tube.“Seems like a good time for a snack,” she remarked.Grandfather Lahzar had always said that a little food is a good way to replace theenergy that a Cloud encounter takes. And one thing Tra could do as good as she couldfight, was eat. The suggestion about a snack came before she saw the look on Kimma’sface. Of course it’s hard to tell when a person is feeling sick when their skin color isnaturally blue, but you didn’t have to be an Idea Seeker Reminder to see that Kimma wasin need of a little healing help.

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“Are all of your escort trips as rough as this one?” Kimma demanded. ThePrincess’ manners were gone because she was still scared and a little bit mad.This day wasn’t like anything she had expected. “I do NOT believe that myFather would approve of that kind of flying. And as far as shooting when there arecommon citizens around, that is definitely not Sarillion protocol. As a matter of fact, wedo not use weapons without first trying to talk to the offenders.”Tra shot a knowing glance at Spec and decided to hold back a response. Afterall, Kimma still didn’t know what the real trip was about and Tra wasn’t sure she wantedto be the one to tell her. As she reached inside of the supply pantry to gather somethings to make a sandwich she noticed a package to Kimma with Grandfather Lahzar’shandwriting on it. That was odd. She hadn’t noticed that earlier when she was loadingsupplies, and she didn’t remember him saying anything about it.“Kimma, it looks like this is a present for you,” Tra said to her as she handed herthe football shaped package. “Can I interest anyone in a Tra BOB sandwich?”Spec looked up from his star chart and noticed the frightened look on Kimma’sface. He decided at once that putting their guest at ease was more important than doingthe final calculations for determining the travel velocity on their revised escape plan.“Kimma, a Tra BOB sandwich stands for a big ole’ bite sandwich. It takes awhole three foot long loaf of bread, sixteen tomatoes, three heads of lettuce, two canseach of Saba, Machooian olives, pickled pachu buds, a pound of cheddar cheese andsome mayonnaise. Tra’s BOB sandwiches can feed a whole Whydinfey family for twodays. I suggest we start you out with just a slice of it until you can determine if you andTra share the same taste in food,” Spec smiled again at Kimma.She did find his smile comforting, but with the way she was feeling one smilewasn’t going to go very far.“I’m not hungry at all right now, thank you,” she said with a bit less of an edge toher voice. She did feel better to see that her manners were returning.