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The weather on Alios was almost always beautiful; that was one thing that Anna missed about her time on that world. The sky above Caleem Park was a perfect sapphire-blue with fluffy clouds drifting over the tops of buildings that surrounded her on all sides. Many of those buildings had unique architecture. One was shaped almost like an hourglass; another looked more like a pyramid.
Seven rows of folding chairs were spread throughout the grass in the middle of the park, all facing a stage where the Prime Council and her opponent would give an opening address to their audience. Every one of those chairs was filled. Anna saw people from all walks of life, men and women both young and old.
There were cameras as well: small, disk-shaped devices with lenses that floated above the crowd. She
