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Bloodlines

I spent the afternoon reading out of the Book of Ti'ana . I have to say, the Myst Reader has saved me in times of struggle. Along with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, it provides light on things for me. D'ni Born. D'ni Bred. The Myst Reader, I think, is better than a religious text when it comes to helping me see the traits in human beings. Ok, so I'm at my desk, with the large volume open in front of me, reading about how Anna gets down into Cavern, how she learns how to speak D'ni in a short time (20 weeks if I recall correctly), how Veovis, at every single turn tries so desperately to reject Anna, while all the while Aitrus is so fascinated by her. Well, anyways, I could go on forever about the story, but when I came upon reading of Ghen's birth (Aitrus and Ti'ana's son), things became rivetingly clear to me. OK, now let's just get this straight...Aitrus was a great man, very studious, very driven, a Master of the Guild of Surveyors, then a ...