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They weren't gods, but they were unusual architects. And with their magnificent<br>abilities, they could protect their world.<br><br>Of the few boys and girls born so special, our child was another.<br><br>The country's name... I don't remember. The world's, too—I don't recall. Her<br>name, though, was... is "Vita".<br><br>Vita woke up in her room one day, and saw above her the night sky through a<br>dimmed window. As she woke, so did her friends around her. They each wished<br>one another a good "morning" and rose for the evening. They had done so every<br>night for the past two years. They went to ready themselves in the washrooms.<br>They talked about audio dramas they followed, and about books and comics they<br>would read. They talked about their dreams. | They weren't gods, but they were unusual architects. And with their magnificent<br>abilities, they could protect their world.<br><br>Of the few boys and girls born so special, our child was another.<br><br>The country's name... I don't remember. The world's, too—I don't recall. Her<br>name, though, was... is "Vita".<br><br>Vita woke up in her room one day, and saw above her the night sky through a<br>dimmed window. As she woke, so did her friends around her. They each wished<br>one another a good "morning" and rose for the evening. They had done so every<br>night for the past two years. They went to ready themselves in the washrooms.<br>They talked about audio dramas they followed, and about books and comics they<br>would read. They talked about their dreams. | ||
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Vita and the rest, dressed in their uniforms, walked toward the central command room, still<br>speaking frivolously.<br><br>The universe was at war.<br><br>Powers vying for things beyond the children's understanding would occasionally try to breach<br>their territory in space, but largely, those powers fought amongst themselves. Her planet<br>represented neutrality, and she and the other children were one of several essential bodies<br>tasked for maintaining that neutrality | Vita and the rest, dressed in their uniforms, walked toward the central command room, still<br>speaking frivolously.<br><br>The universe was at war.<br><br>Powers vying for things beyond the children's understanding would occasionally try to breach<br>their territory in space, but largely, those powers fought amongst themselves. Her planet<br>represented neutrality, and she and the other children were one of several essential bodies<br>tasked for maintaining that neutrality.<br><br>There were the men and women who fought in and above the skies. There were the other adults<br>who used their words and acumen to broker good relations between her world and others. There<br>were the expat soldiers and diplomats who would ensure whatever stability could be ensured in<br>those times of violence and decay. And there was the Nerve/Mind Pathway/Grid Measure—in small<br>applications a nuisance, and in large-scale invincible and, in the opinion of many outside of<br>her world, a sleeping terror. | ||
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I will curb the exposition and narrate.<br><br>Vita entered central command taking no pause at its grandiosity and majesty—no hesitation at the<br>cacophony of thoughts and wills swirling throughout the massive, several-storied atrium. She and<br>her friends had a part to play, and as they neared their assigned seats, their chatter naturally<br>dying, they could all hear one another's minds pulling away from the frivolous as they attuned<br>instead to their vital responsibility.<br><br>For a world of worth, for peace and prosperity beyond any other throughout all the reaches of<br>space—beyond any other within any land. | I will curb the exposition and narrate.<br><br>Vita entered central command taking no pause at its grandiosity and majesty—no hesitation at the<br>cacophony of thoughts and wills swirling throughout the massive, several-storied atrium. She and<br>her friends had a part to play, and as they neared their assigned seats, their chatter naturally<br>dying, they could all hear one another's minds pulling away from the frivolous as they attuned<br>instead to their vital responsibility.<br><br>For a world of worth, for peace and prosperity beyond any other throughout all the reaches of<br>space—beyond any other within any land. | ||