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BECAUSE GAMRA operated on its own time of twenty-three and a half hour days and Barresh operated on Ceren time of twenty-eight hour days, the gamra assembly meeting was on before dawn.
I didn’t think I’d slept much when Eirani woke me and I sat up with a shock, feeling all sweaty and shivery. It was still dark outside and the air that came in through the open window carried a definite bite. Urgh.
I let myself roll out of the bed, poking Thayu in the side. She went, “Hmmm?” and lay back down while I went into the bathroom.
The light, when I flicked it on, hurt my eyes, and lit a red welt on my chin where an ingrown hair was starting to make its displeasure known. For crying out loud. That always happened when I was stressed. At some point I was going to have to go back to Auckland for
