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Just over two weeks before, Jahrae had come face to face with Mohammed Omar in a remote Afghani village. Jahrae tentatively responded to a request to meet and forge some compromise, one that would allow the Taliban to give up its fight for Afghanistan, yet safe face.

Although suspected of insincerity, llhaesa, who first received the [...]

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The method of travel was traditional, something out of their past, one from but two years ago and one they still occasionally made use of, yet it somehow felt outmoded, from further back in time.

Addison and Ronnie headed south on Interstate 93, Addie driving in their family SUV, their destination Boston, where mother and daughter [...]

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With only sixteen hours and 340 kilometres separating the TGOG-72 Platform from the full force of 265 kph winds, the two hundred and twelve-member crew gathered in the platform’s cafeteria, collectively praying for rescue off the platform, or failing that, safely endure in place the approaching monster storm.

While the crew prayed, the conditions outside deteriorated [...]

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The gathering wave of low pressure exited the African coast unusually strong for June, creating strong squalls that shipping in the eastern Atlantic tried to avoid.

Born of a belt of low pressure circling the Arrkarharan world and known as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone, the mere presence of yet another storm was insignificant within a [...]

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The three-person team emerged from the cave hours after the last skirmish, finding the sky lightening towards the east, the sun giving advance warning of its intent to reclaim dominance in the southwest Asia area, at least for the balance of the day.

Chekresu hovered just off the narrow trail that led to the cave, the [...]

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The night air carried a surprisingly coolish feel, although their clothing, heightened sensory awareness, and continual activity more than offset the unexpected chill.

The moon was absent in the clear-night, star filled sky, the repetitive celestial calendar notching forward one day as always, working its predictable progression in their favour by blanketing them in an added [...]

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The clandestine meeting, arranged for through the passage of messages through a supposedly neutral intermediary, was to take place in a nondescript home in a remote village, one that she apparently now walked.

Not of this place, the visitor moved forward cautiously but confidently, making her way alone, as instructed. The late afternoon sun and heat [...]

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The knee kick struck with significant effect at mid-thigh, abruptly rousting llhaesa from what was a nice, pleasant stretch of sleep.

Smarting from the strike even as her partner continued thrashing about, llhaesa forewent activating a light in favour of decisively reaching her strong arms around Jahrae, attempting to becalm and settle.

Holding tightly, llhaesa called out [...]

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The early morning turned on a surprise, with llhaesa revealing she once again wished to trek downward, this time to spend a day in an Arrkarharan park.

“’Essa,” Jahrae asked, caught off guard by llhaesa’s expressed wish. “We barely got back here twelve hours ago, and now you wish to scoot back down and spend the [...]

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Aghast at the news of the lake incident, Ronnie and Elsrensia waited rather nervously overnight, restless in their sleep, on through most of the following day. The family would not return to the ship until evening.

Two hours after their arrival, four parents informally gathered over tea in the suite assigned to llhaesa and Jahrae, the [...]

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