AuroraBlue

Life in Blackburne isn't always a bowl of cherries. Reavers and bots are always lurking about. People come and go noseing around our homes. My alarm is always on, day or night. Even with Lauralai's work on the sewers, most of the time the air is unbreathable; the stench from radioactive debris whose molecules are dissolving with a fight can be overbearing.

And then...AuroraBlue.

I saw her two nights ago. A lovely child on our small moon. She came to the bar to meet Lauralai and drink gecko milk, I think. (Not my type of poison as one knows.) She made me think of St-Exupery...so intensely. While Sabrina's music blared like mad, I managed to catch small talk about AuroraBlue being Lilybell's child, who it seems passed away during Aurora's coming in our world. Sad. Life can be sad.

But AuroraBlue is charming. Yet, I fret for her. Our moon and our neighors are tough to live by. Food is scarces. Water a rarerity. Meds are as needed as they are unavailable. People can be get pretty nasty in a blink of an eye.

I touch wood and hope the best for her. Wished LilyBell was still with us, with AuroraBlue.

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"After that, the little prince climbed a high mountain. The only mountains he had ever known were the three volcanoes, which came up to his knees. And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool. "From a mountain as high as this one," he said to himself, "I shall be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people . . ."

But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles.

"Good morning," he said courteously.

"Good morning--Good morning--Good morning," answered the echo.

"Who are you?" said the little prince.

"Who are you--Who are you--Who are you?" answered the echo.

"Be my friends. I am all alone," he said.

"I am all alone--all alone--all alone," answered the echo."



The Little Prince
Antoine de St-Exupéry
Chapter 19.