(eng) Pamela Sargent - Venus 03 by Child of Venus

Author:Child of Venus [Venus, Child of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

October 649

From: Mahala Liangharad, Anwara

To: Dyami Liang-Talis, Turing

I’m sending this message to you, Dyami, because maybe you can help me sort some things out when I come back If you think I’m being overly cautious by sending this on a closed channel, all I can say is that I feel like being cautious. I know that nobody’s likely to call up a personal message on an open channel, and I know that any experienced Linker who’s interested can probably get hold of this even on a closed channel. I’m not telling you anything that won’t be public knowledge soon—if it isn’t already—and this isn’t anything embarrassing or disgraceful about myself. It’s just—

I’ll get to the point. I’m going back to Island Two tomorrow. So are all of the students who came to Anwara with me. Orenda Tineka, the specialist who was advising us, assured us all that it’s just an unexpected change in plans, that it has nothing to do with our abilities. Just to check on that, I called up my public record today and found a commendation for, and I quote, my “ability to think, reason, cooperate with others, and adapt to the environment of Anwara.” Solveig had exactly the same commendation in her record, and my guess is that all of the other students do, too.

So we’re to go back to the Islands and go on with our studies there, which means all the trouble and expense of bringing us to Anwara in the first place is largely wasted. The Project Council wouldn’t have made such a decision unless they were sure the Mukhtars wouldn’t object, and it seems out of character for them to decide on this so quickly. Normally, you’d expect them to keep us here for the eight months they’d promised us, and then decide later that bringing students here wasn’t worth the trouble.

So I think that something must have happened suddenly to bring the Project Council to this decision. And it just so happens that two Habitats are no longer orbiting

Mars and are moving in Earth’s direction. You may know that already, but even if you don’t, you probably will soon enough. Orenda confirmed the observations, but Solveig also found out from the astronomers here that those two Habs had changed course. Nobody’s keeping this a secret, and Orenda insists it doesn’t mean anything, but I wonder. Maybe those two Habs have something to do with why they’re sending us back to the Islands.

I wish we could stay here. During the first month, I was wondering if I’d ever get used to Anwara, and now I’m really sorry that we’re going.

Tell Frani—no, don’t tell her anything, except that I’m going back to Island Two. I’ll send her a message when I get there.

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