"I never thought I would see them again." Endith spoke softly as Komirri came up next to her.-Initiating long ranger sensor sweep of surrounding syste...s. Activating and receiving the tracking beacons of three additional City Ships-Endith and Komirri turned as Martin strode into the bridge, Gorgo clinging to one hand, Anja the other. Lisisa was holding tightly to Anja's arm even as Tina moved quickly around them and dashed to where Endith stood."Look at that Tina." Endith spoke. "Isn't it the. Avalukum athe pondru thaan irukirathu endru sonnal, iruvarukum ennam ore mathiri thaan irunthathu. Naan angu matum veru yaarum illai endraal naan unnai anaithume seithu irupen endru sonnen.Iruvarukum kaama very pidithu irunthathu, enaku ithu naal varai pen kidaikaamal ippozhuthu oru pen kidaithathum ennal en unarvugalai samalikave mudiya villai.Avalidam naan unnai love seigiren endru sonnen, aanal en veedu irukum nilaiyil ippozhuthu ellam thirumanam seithu kola mudiyaathu. Athanaal naan. The girl moaned in her arms and hugged her tightly.When they parted, she looked into Karla’s eyes and realized the girl was crying. “What’s wrong, my darling?” she whispered. “Did I hurt you?”Karla couldn’t speak. Instead, she just shook her head and held Marion even tighter. Finally regaining control she said, “You really are my mother! I can’t believe it. Mom, I love Barbara Sloan more than any person alive, except for maybe Doug. But with you, it’s different. For you I have a daughter’s. What could Queen Athirmi have lost that she needed me to recover? My shoulders itched. This was the last hoop I would jump through. The last test I would permit. I had to know if I could handle the Shizhuth Empire and the Naga, but my patience was wearing thin.Finally, we reached the bottom. A room with several doors leading off of it. One was open showing a room full of dwarves working at tables and writing on papers or reading them. This was the bureaucracy that I had just learned about. How.