Chapter 5: A Heartstone from Ootyoce
Never mind that Ootyoce was the only planet known to man where life had evolved around a silicon rather than a carbon base. All Society cared about was that the largest indigenous creatures, the stoneys, had circulatory systems. The rock–hard heart, so they thought, made wonderful jewelry.
There were critics, even at the time, who found that terribly symbolic…
—Harwol Legantine
The Art of the Inappropriate
The journey from Eclipsiascus to Ootyoce, where the Umpire next directed them, would take sixteen days. There was little activity aboard the Honey B during this time, since three of the ship’s company were recuperating from injuries.
With only Dru to relieve her on watch, Luuj Kirre spent most of her waking hours in the Control Sector. It was he
