“Wait a minute,” Casper said. “We've got a mission to accomplish. My people have suffered for a thousand years. I don't want their problems to stop us from finding Lemuria. Me? I'm a muscle-bound peabrain. I'm not sure I could do much to help, but I sure don't want Karata's petty oligarchs to slow you down.”
“Well, you're wrong about you,” Nadika said. “It's us. We have a mission to find Lemuria, and Bentota can wait awhile. The Lemurians left us to tend their amusement parks, and a little obstacle like no electricity isn't going to stop our people. Anything we do for Bentota will only delay what's really important, and may not do much at all to bring an end to their longanimous vigil.”
“They're right, Jay.” Sharif said. “We might alleviate their symptoms, but we'd be no closer to resolv
