Allasaria waited until the whale threw her up in one of the great underwater caves. There was a mermaid there.
Helenna left the business meeting. She fastened her coat, leaned into her bag and threw a piece of chewing gum in her mouth. The strongest mint she could find. Since she arrived here, some sixty days ago, her schedule had not seen more than a thirty minute break. She walked out of the Kirinyaa National Petroleum Company and sighed, then pulled out her notebook. Today, Kassandora had been generous. She had twenty-three minutes to the meeting with representatives of the Miner's Union. She walked down clean roads of this part of town.
