Journal Entry 262 / 0106 I smiled tiredly as I threw my clothes into the basket for laundry, glancing over at Nyss who was doing the same.Journal Entry 262 / 0106 I smiled tiredly as I threw my clothes into the basket for laundry, glancing over at Nyss who was doing the same. Her soft, sexy figure glimmered in the light of the single lamp by the bed, her dark blue fur showing the small hints of gold that I always found so attractive. "You've been in the sun," I said, quietly. She nodded and said, "So have you. Burned your nose." She slid the pad of her mitten over my sore and sensitive nose and I felt her extend her familiary power into me. My nose felt much better after that. She sighed. "You okay?" I asked. "Tired. Didn't expect to have to use my power tonight. I haven't seen Nance all day, so that's just tapping my own reserve." "Why are you so tired?" "Them," she said with frustration. "I don't understand Terrans, and I hope I never will." "Why?" "Oh, this and that. They're a morass of conflicts. And some of them feel... I don't know what the word for it is. Ugly? Evil?" "Depends on what you mean. I guess some of them could be considered evil. You've got to remember that for the most part, they're politicians. They got to where they are by climbing over the dead bodies of their competition. Or at least over the dead reputations of their competition." She nodded. "And they get to where they are because those people agree that they're the lesser of two evils." "Never saw a democracy run any other way. |