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Sarillion’s Struggle for Freedom

By Jorian Clarke

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Chapter 6

The Idea Seeker Council Meeting on Rithu

Grandfather Lahzar stopped to take a look around Rithu before going into theCouncil meeting. Even after years of familiarity from coming here for both work and rest,he was still amazed at the abundance of life on the planet. He loved this place for itsinnocence and beauty. Everywhere your eye went there was some brightly colored plantor flower. There were also amazingly sweet and strong fragrances that came from thedifferent flowers. The wonderful smells made you feel better just to breathe them in. Theplanet simply burst with lushness in the variety of plant life that thrived on it and it was agreat source of Plant Babies for aiding and strengthening the Idea Seekers. He wasgoing to harvest some additional gifts for Spec and Tra. It was here that he had gatheredthe seed pods that he had stowed inside the hovercraft when he sent the two of them offto Sarillion. He knew the twins would find his Plant Baby gifts when they needed themmost.He had foreseen that this adventure was going to challenge all of the strengthsand weaknesses they had. While he didn’t know Kimma well, he had read her profilerecord and observed her on Sarillion for a few days prior to agreeing to send the twins.

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Copyright © 2002-2005 by Jorian Clarke83He was sure that Kimma would need some reminders of the Essence as well, as shefound herself in unexpected situations. She had not yet received training in the way ofthe Idea Seekers, but the Idea Seeker Council had all agreed to take the risk to rescueher when her parents’ request came. In his written report following his trip to observe theplanet he had said, “Kimma appears to have the natural talents to be a skillful IdeaSeeker Reminder. Sarillion has always been a planet dedicated to the Essence. Wemust not let it fall to the Darkness now. A naturally gentle people, the Pleethars look tomake the Universe a better place by their presence. They are not motivated byconsumption, so they do not seek to dominate other species for their resources. Theyare self-sufficient and they have on their own looked to conserve their natural resources,replacing fossil fuel usage with solar, hydro and wind power. They recycle, do not eatmore than they need and so do not produce excessive waste to pollute their solarsystem. They respect other species that share their planet and moons and they have nothad a species extinction or a war between different people in over 4,000 years. They donot appear to need any additional help from us other than to train a leader to rally theirpeople against Angry Cloud.”Based on his planetary observations and his respect for the Pleethars, he hadchosen his beloved twins to go in harm’s way to bring Kimma to safety on Vonta. Thereshe would be trained in the ways of the Essence as an Idea Seeker Reminder.To help them he had put some Plant Babies in the spaceship for them. Toosah,his friend from the Planet Rithu and a Master Idea Seeker, had chosen them especiallyfor this trip. For Tra he had a Patience Plant Baby and while he wasn’t sure she wouldneed this because she was so strong-minded, he also gave her a Persistence PlantBaby. The first one was to strengthen her weakness. Tra always found it hard to wait toget things done. The Persistence Plant Baby was to help her focus on one of herstrengths. Tra never gave up, but she needed to do a better job of making sure she waspursuing the most important thing at the right time. Otherwise the right thing done at the