Chapter Nine
Arilla followed her sister below the palace. She felt a moment of misgiving for disobeying Aikaterina’s instructions to behave, but she pushed it away. She and Arosa weren’t necessarily ‘misbehaving’ – they were visiting the younglings in the hope of learning and understanding more about the species.
“Did you hear them? They are growing so fast!” Arilla commented the moment they rematerialized in the castle.
“Yes, and so brave. This is different from the other structures that the human has built,” Arosa reflected, looking at the large white columns and the ceiling. With a wave of her hand, the ceiling changed, becoming a window to the vast universe far beyond. "That is much better.”
“Remember what Aikaterina said before she left,” Arilla reminded her sister.
“What harm co
