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Lane probably shouldn't have been so excited about something so simple as a bath. But with as busy as Korina had kept her the last week or so, there had been very little time for anything quite so relaxed. Granted, the process of taking Elisa along made the trip a little more complicated, since she had to levitate the other cat through the air. Despite more time for practice, Elisa hadn't yet mastered anything as dramatic as levitation. "Are you feeling better?" Lane asked, as they…-
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I still can't believe I'm doing this. Lotus stared out the shadowy windows of her old pickup. As insane as this plan was, they'd still made it all the way out here, a short run from the gas station.Now the QuikTrip lights glowed against a foggy night, joined only by the occasional flash of headlights blazing along the highway. Almost no one stopped, and seconds turned into minutes of relatively uninterrupted peace. "The longer we sit here, the more time for somebody to roll up," Gus said. The truck was off…-
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Quinn was the first to approach the rebel settlement. To call it a "base" was a bit generous, as it clearly had no military purpose. Instead of a featureless crater, there were dozens of structures scattered through a verdant clearing. Trails of soft grass ran between buildings with entrances large and small. This was not what kept all but one of the survivors from joining him. What terrified all of them—and Quinn too, though he wouldn't admit it—was the Pokémon living there. If the…-
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"It's called Starfall," Lane began. "Korina didn't discover it—her ancestors built it. From what I've seen, they came here from somewhere incredibly far away. Nothing humans could do right now. This place makes our best space-station look like a toy." "I'd never believe that on the surface," Elisa muttered, pawing at her food. One thing they hadn't been given was utensils—evidently that was too human an expectation. She nudged her food, then…
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Cold water washed around Lotus, taking with it the heat of many bad decisions. Once even a few seconds in such an uncomfortable space would've driven her to finish cleaning up as quickly as possible, before stumbling out of the shower with desperate, insatiable shivering.No longer. Something about the kirin's disposition, or maybe the supernatural heat boiling in her belly, kept her from feeling anything but a pleasant coolness against her skin and scales. With every passing second, calm and confidence…
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Many years later. "You sure you have to go?" Mom asked, stopping her in the kitchen. "There's no reason you have to take this assignment, kitten. You could stay here another century if that's what it takes. Or maybe get a nice job in operations or maintenance." Avery adjusted the vest on her chest, securing the buttons there one at a time. She levitated the plastic clip out of her fur, then replaced it on a thicker patch so it wouldn’t move. It didn't matter if other…
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For the first time since her transformation, Lane's sleep was dreamless and comfortable. She had a little trouble drifting off with Korina gone, but that was all. Nothing woke her too soon, and she might've slept well past the dawn if it wasn't for a nervous, buzzing voice that startled her from nearby. "You two are really cute together and everything, but you really need to wake up." Lane blinked, stirring abruptly to wakefulness. She'd never heard that voice before, with a…
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Lotus had all kinds of ways to keep herself busy. But of them all, the most important labor waiting for her was the spell back to Equestria. They were truly living on borrowed time now, hunted by more than a few uneasy feelings and eyes that seemed to watch from the pages of her book.Searing Gale could animate servants to fight them. She still felt the ache of the wounds they inflicted, and the sure knowledge that much worse could follow. Servants made of wood don't seem too useful to a fire creature.…
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Years later... Avery knew she wasn't supposed to be here. There were a lot of places she wasn't supposed to go. Military sections of Starfall, with their distinctive psionic resonance. Classrooms of anyone past their first year certifications. More than 100 meters from Starfall, where the Repel field grew weak enough for wild Pokémon to get close and potentially threaten her. Her mother's office when she was hard at work. For a growing Mew, Avery was very good at learning all the rules.…
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There was nothing Lane could do. She could feel the power working on them, but had neither the skill nor the strength to stop it. She could only watch, horrified, as both her friends transformed. She slumped to the dirt, tail wrapping around her as her ears pressed flat. She wanted to vanish, to curl up so small that she'd disappear. For a few seconds, it almost seemed like she would. Her paws faded, becoming completely transparent. She gasped, and the effect faded. The least she could do was…
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