Luka listened and laughed heartily at the story. Earth sounded like the kind of place she'd like to be; it sounded exciting and varied, and full of fascinating people.

Kabiri simply couldn't find Luka, and she was running out of time. She first went to look in the bar that Luka usually retreated to, but it was closed, and she wasn't anywhere along the route to it. Kabiri figured that Luka would've known her usual haunt was closed and had headed to another one, but the Almyst didn't know of any others and didn't have the time to look. Exasperated, she left the residential area and headed to the Delta hangar.