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Later that evening the sendoff for Traina; one most of the colonists were still referring to as: ‘The woman from Alpha Centaurus’, had such a turnout that the Mansion was filled to capacity and the street was filled from the street corner to the airlock with pressure suit clad colonists. The airlock was at that time locked out of necessity to avoid another rush of entrants. Traina was speaking with the acting Territorial Governor. “So you have been here just about a week and you didn’t speak a word of English. So how is it that you can speak it so fluently now?” the Governor asked earnestly “Every language in the universe has a rhythmic vibrational pattern which is broken down into a systematic utterance of phrases that can be distinguished one from another making it possible to derive a subsequent translation through repeated performance,” she responded. The governor was tempted to call for an interpreter although her English was impeccable. He thought better of it and responded: “I see.” The acting governor’s secretary approached them at this point. “Governor, the arrivals from Earth want to have a word with you,” the secretary said. “Will you please excuse us,” the governor said, “we have important business to attend.” Traina simply nodded. Cindy pushed her way through the crowd to speak with Traina. “I am sorry Traina I had no idea that this many people would show up from such short notice.” “There is no reason to apologize this is only a result of a course of events giving way to an abrupt time-frame.” Gary Nicholson 333
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:23:28 +0000

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