Phylicia Cunningham, Declan Griffen, and Ben Palmer had designated, and taken possession of, an area for their council meetings that was on the stream side of the transport pod and a little downstream of Murdock’s campsite. Actually, it had been Phylicia and Palmer who had done the designating. Declan had just gone along with what the others wanted.
Declan Griffen had figured that his sister was dead, or worse, after the takeover on Earth. He had heard that bowing to the control of the masters was worse than death. But there was always some small thread of hope that maybe she would be alive somewhere. To find out that there was no longer a need for that small shred of hope was almost more than he could bear. Hearing that she was happy here did help some, but he felt like he had a huge dar
