Chapter 18: The Stars ShiftThe Teacher had finished his night of recording the Stars and was enjoying a cup of chicolet before retiring. Out of curiosity he looked at his charts from the last week and compared them to the old charts and the translated readings that Brother Philip had put on his desk. Teacher sipped from his fresh, hot cup of tea and looked again. Could that be right? He pulled out his magnifying glass and protractor. Then he checked the charts he had done this evening, the desperation growing in his eyes and in his movements.
He yanked open his top desk drawer and withdrew his writing pad and began to write his warning. This would need to be taken into Beltran before the light of day and handed to the telegraph operator to notify all the heads of governments in all of Ton
