Chapter 38: Brennan ProvinceDickon looked out at the clean stone walls and the scurrying Brothers busy with their early morning chores. He closed the Star Journal with a sense of satisfaction. There would be no Space Time Shifts in the immediate future if the stars remained stationary. According to the charts they should remain in their positions for another ten years. He rose. It was time for breakfast and then sleep. He would join the Teacher in the walk to the kitchen.
It had been almost thirty years since the Devastation had hit. The first two years had been the hardest when the ache for Marika never left him. The first winter had been bitterly cold and the hunger struck them all. The recovery had been a jagged time of trying to find substitutes for what they had had and there were no
