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DAY 3
A blazing sun beat down from a cloudless, blue sky, shining on the tops of the square, blocky buildings that lined either side of the street. Melissa found the architecture dreary, but then being stranded on a planet ruled by your enemies would put a damper on anyone’s mood.
A man in a brown jacket came toward her on the opposite sidewalk, but he seemed to be interested in nothing more than walking his dog. Try as she might, Melissa couldn’t identify the breed. It looked kind of like a Saint Bernard, but the colouring was all wrong. The mutt was brown from head to toe without a spot of white anywhere on his body. And the man…A thick, wool jacket? In this weather? These people were insane.
Melissa wore blue pants and a white blouse buttoned up to her collar. A matching coat and
