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IT WAS THE FASTEST trip anyone had ever taken from Miran to Barresh. No one used the Exchange for this distance, ever. The transfer probably broke a couple of proximity rules as well. For example, it was highly likely that the city of Miran shook in its foundations with the thunderclap of that transfer. Anpar transfers should be done outside the atmosphere for a reason.
They came down to Barresh just before sunset, in glorious sunshine reflected on large thunderclouds building over the escarpment.
Humidity hung like a mist over the surface of the marsh, softening the outlines of the two islands in the silver mass of water.
The megon trees had come out in full bloom while Mikandra had been away, coating the dark green stands in a layer of flaming orange.
“It’s pretty,” Calliandra sa
