Chapter 73 June – 3,390 BC Earth: Village of Assur NINSIANNA A hollow-eyed wraith, she moved through the village, ignoring the gossip, carrying her healing basket from house to house to house. As if she didn't realize Mama was trying to keep her too busy to run away! She hadn't eaten. She hadn't slept. She hadn't drunk. Her eyes were so red-rimmed from crying that everything had a vague, ethereal glow, kind of like what had happened when she'd received the vision from She-Who-Is; only without the pleasant tingle of power. She stumbled and fell. "Ninsianna!" a feminine voice called. Her friend, Yadiditum, helped her back to her feet. "Are you okay?" the voluptuous beauty asked. With long, dark tresses which tumbled down her back, the hooked nose, which would have been overpower