Chapter Twelve – Strange Encounters
ON HER WAY TO THE MEETING of Single and Group marsoliie, Carrie encountered other creatures living in the ocean. For a while her water scooter carried her underneath a large mass that she assumed was a raft of seaweed or another non-intelligent substance—until the mass began to shift and she heard a voice that sounded like the tinkling of bells. “You’re one of those Transgalactic Council Officers, aren’t you. Aren’t you going to introduce yourself?”
Carrie stopped her scooter. All around nothing else was visible but the slowly moving raft above her. She looked up at the dark vegetation. “Sorry, I didn’t notice...I mean, I didn’t think...I mean, sorry. Hello.”
“You’re here to stop the those marsoliie fighting, I assume? A good thing, too. They should a
