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Beyond My Knowing, chapter 31

”…Lingen?” Miteza ventured. It took bravery for her to ask even that much, but… but she sensed her son wanted her to ask. And, she reminded herself, her husband was dead. She couldn’t really think Artem would… would strike her for asking, would he? The thought hurt to think it, but what twisted inside her most was that she wasn’t entirely certain of the answer. She didn’t know him, his character, well enough to know. That wasn’t her own fault, or Artem’s for that matter. It was Tulk’s fault if it was anyone’s, she told herself, feeling a certain bitterness towards him at this. Still, she thought, she had to have faith in Artem, in her son. She wouldn’t let herself lose that.
”Dead.” Artem spoke, feeling ambivalent and vaguely resentful towards a man he’d once admired. Artem found himself remembering how Lingen was… He’d been good to him. Or, mostly he had. He’d… More than once, he’d wished Lingen had been his father rather than Tulk. It was still hard to reconcile the man he’d thought of as Lingen with the Lingen Kes had shown him that had been hidden behind those boisterous laughs and easy smiles. He still didn’t want to believe it. The trouble was though, that he did believe it. His eyes, that’s what made him believe it most, he found. He’d always had… hard eyes.
What had happened? Miteza wondered. Had her son ran away? Selfishly, she didn’t care if he had. She knew, as a true Kazon, she should be disgusted if that had been the case. She wouldn’t ask though. She hoped, if her son had run, he would know enough never to speak of it, not to anyone, not ever. ”And… and Tresit? The… the woman he was with?” She asked, nervous and shy of both the act of asking and of the memory of seeing Kes. It had been such a shock, to see a woman acting that way, a woman… who seemed to have such… power. It frightened her, and confused her to think of, even now.
”They live. She… The woman is…” Artem searched for a way to continue on. ”She is aunt Anara’s wife. Her name is Kes.”
Miteza’s eyes widened, but she couldn’t think of what to say or think.
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Exceptional dialogue between ARTEM/MITEZA. KES wanting her family safe and ARTEM wanting peace,so onto OCAMPA where they wll have both.Happy for MITEZA/ANARA to embrace with love.THALLA coming or not? will wait on next post.THANKS