People were racing around with carts full of decorations and padded boxes full of museum pieces.īti-qwol bulled her way through the chaos, telling everyone that her business was urgent and earning quite a few withering looks from Artonans who were clearly engaged in their own urgent business. Then she led him through a hidden door, and they took a large elevator down a level to the place where all the work seemed to be getting done. They wove through a jungle of potted plants, around glass cases full of fossils and alien animal models that moved so smoothly Alden wasn’t really sure they were models. And Alden stared up in awe at an enormous, magically suspended skeleton overhead.Īlien whale? The charcoal gray bones moved silently, swimming without ever going anywhere, and the sharp spines that must have protruded from the creature’s sides in life were tipped with shining points that caught the light. Colorful lanterns, tables, and sprays of green and black plant life were artfully mixed in among the exhibits. “If it’s that important, maybe one of the others…?” “I’m a waiter, right? Like I’ll be carrying food to people? As long as I don’t drop it….” The alien personnel manager looked like she was on the edge of either tears or violence, and since he was already committed for this event, he might as well try for a smooth experience. “I’m half an hour early,” Alden protested, jogging so that she wouldn’t actually be dragging him along behind her.Īlden decided to keep his mouth shut. But she met his cart on the path before it even arrived at the door and practically yanked him out of it, shouting, > *** CAREFUL! READ THIRTY-SEVEN on ROYAL ROAD FIRST! ***Īlden was supposed to meet Bti-qwol in a specific room of a building that looked like a concrete beehive.
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