They're preparing me to go to the next planet on my tour. Today we went out on the speedboat for a quick ride around the city and some nearby islands. The yela'kaja says it could be a while, as it seems they're negotiating with some of the leadership (apparently its tricky arranging a tour in this planet).
Frankly, I've grown to like Kesata quite a bit. In fact, I might ask to be brought back here before I get sent back to Earth. The other day I went to see some of those giant eels the Kesatans ride, and I actually learned to ride a little. They gave me an older one, easier to control, though I found it hard to keep it from diving. Kesatans can survive for nearly an hour underwater, sometimes more, so they don't do much to break these things' habit of going underwater for extended periods when it cruises. I was pulling the reins so hard to pull it up that its nose is sore from the harness tugging at it and the poor things gills are almost bleeding. Now the Kesatans won't let me ride it anymore, at least not until they can get one trained for "land people". I hear some of the tourists resorts have mounts that will stay above water most of the time.
Anyway, I haven't been told much about the next stop. For one, they say it'll be just a little lighter gravity (my muscles have adapted to the high Kesatan gravity, so they wanted to warn me that I may end up putting in just a bit more force than necessary once I enter the next world). The other thing they said is that it's dark there, so they're preparing a light for me (they're engineering a special one for human eyes, though I didn't know Xala eyes were any different).
Anyway, there's another ballet on the itinerary before I leave. Frankly, I'm not quite sure I want to go, but I was told that there would be some people there that wanted to meet me, the kaja ga' Erta ("alien from Earth", I'm picking up some Xala, as well as some Kesatan Sign), so I'm guessing that some diplomats want a meeting or something and that skipping isn't really an option.
Anyway, it'll be sad leaving Kesata, and I'm not sure I'm going to like the place I'm going better than here, but I guess that, being the alien here, I'll have to follow the schedule.
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This could be an interesting contrast...I wonder if you're going from a place where people rely on vision to communicate to a place where people don't have any sight at all? Do take care--I'm not so sure that saying "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" would actually work in real life. After all, in the land of the blind, who's running Congress? Not to freak you out, though...I think this place and its customs could be very interesting. :-)
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