2173 AD ૨૧૨૭ MA Forna Qorni returned to her office at just short of a sprint. This was a delicate operation she was running, and she didn’t really trust Dases Brid to run the show. One screw-up and this would all come tumbling down. She had been stalling, using every trick in the book. Motions …
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Chapter Fifteen The Debate by D.X. Machina
2171 AD ૨૧૨૬ MA The Committee on the Status of Humans in the Empire (Sen. Pryvani Tarsuss, chair) had concluded its fact-finding. Two weeks ago, over the strenuous objection of the Interior Minister, who claimed such a vote was not allowed, the committee had voted 11-4 on a non-binding resolution supporting the idea that humans …
Epilogue Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
A few weeks later…. “So anything else I need to know before I meet with the leadership group?” “Yeah,” Ammer said, flipping through his pad. “Titan Party’s numbers have spiked in my most recent models. 30-40 probably, 50 isn’t out of the question.” Loona leaned back in the chair. “Gorram, knew that was coming, but….” …
Chapter Six Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
“You don’t mean that,” Danae said. “What, that we’re awful? We are, Day. Ammer didn’t say it, but I know why he didn’t want to press charges against mom. Not because he was forgiving – though he is, Day, he is – but because he couldn’t. I could press charges against mom, for damaging my …
Chapter Five Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
A few weeks later…. Thio Smit watched his son carefully. Ammer was so very like him in so many ways. Oh, he had his mother’s book smarts – not that Thio was a fool, but Ammer had Jaya’s love of learning. True, his was focused on politics, but he had been quite successful in his …
Chapter Four Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
He had gone unconscious, limp in her hand. She needed just one more good, hard squeeze, and the greatest threat to her daughter’s future would be eliminated. Inna would hate her. She knew that. But in time, perhaps, she’d realize she’d done right. She’d find a good Titan boy or girl, and have a child …
Chapter Three Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
Inna stared at her mother, almost defiantly. She hated owning Ammer, even though she was proud – hell, awed – that he trusted her enough to place control of his life in her hands. And she was determined to be worthy of that trust. She hadn’t told him, but she’d given Loona a signed, undated …
Chapter Two Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
Xene stormed through the kitchen, where her husband was just putting the finishing touches on dinner. “Fodis, tell our daughter to take her…her…pet and go.” “What?” Fodis said, as his wife looked at him in fury. “She…she brought a…a human,” Xene spat. “That’s her boyfriend. What a sick joke.” “It…it might not be a joke,” …
Chapter One Titan: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
“I don’t understand why we have to come to the giants’ embassy to see Ted,” Dora said, as their car crept forward in the queue. “Ted’s got a one-day pass from Titan Station, mamá, he didn’t want to spend all of it getting to Santa Fe,” Miguel said from the back, holding his wife’s hand …
Chapter Thirty-Eight: And I’ve Seen the Promised Land Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or …