@@@@@They may try three planetsI met a soul once
@@@@@They may try three planetsI met a soul once who'd been to five before he'd
settled with the BatsI liked it there–I suppose that's the closest I've ever come to choosing a
planetIf it hadn't been for the blindness…”
“How many planets have you lived on?” Jamie asked in a hushed voiceSomehow, while I'd
been talking, his hand had found its way into mine
“This is my ninth,” I told him, squeezing his fingers gently
“Wow, nine!” he breathed
“That's why they wanted me to teachAnybody can tell them our statistics, but I have personal
experience from most of the planets we've… taken I hesitated at that word, but it didn't seem
to bother Jamie“There are only three I've never been to–well, now fourThey just opened a
new world
I expected Jeb to jump in with questions about the new world, or the ones I'd skipped, but he
just played absently with the ends of his beard
“Why did you never stay anywhere?” Jamie asked
“I never found a place I liked enough to stay
“What about Earth? Do you think you'll stay here?”
I wanted to smile at his child's confidence–as if I were going to get the chance to ever move on
to another hostAs if I were going to get the chance to live out even another month in the one I
had
“Earth is… very interesting,” I murmured“It's harder than any place I've been before
“Harder than the place with the frozen air and the claw beasts?” he asked
“In its own way, yes How could I explain that the Mists Planet only came at you from the
outside–it was much more difficult to be attacked from within
Attacked,Melanie scoffed wasn't actually thinking of you, I told her was thinking of these unstable emotions,
always betraying