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The transmission with Si'ralle's name came from the vicinity of Rania. Krits and Nakiso had a long uncomfortable silence for awhile. The Krits came around from the shock he was in. "You know it might have been easier if I didn't have that horrid wall of everyone else's emotions flooding into my being. Sometimes I wish I could just turn it off." He looked at Nakiso. "I'm glad I'm here, so I can get away from it. It wasn't as bad with the gingercats or even the Drex, but my own people... Yes it was him, it was Manex in my head back there. I could hear him speaking... almost piggy backing. It's hard to explain. Its like he's using that Izoux to transmit his conscious, his will to those he's manipulating. I enabled me to hear voices, like the Drex we encountered on the CORBEIT."
She had been trained all her life to rule, but now that it faced her she wasn't sure what to do. The manner of the Kings death disturbed the connected worlds in their entirety. Shandrak opened the door and journeyed down a long corridor to the secret vaults of the King. She wasn't sure what she'd find. The first room she passed were archives. Never ending walls full of data cells. She continued to the very last room to find the relics. In the center was a vault which she place the key. It opened and she entered. Inside were many things that she could not explain. each behind a bio-shield, which could only be deactivated by a qualified royal member. One thing particularly caught her eye. Six jars, six empty jars. She'd seen Nostros and his crew with them. "Why would they be in here? Is there more to them than is led to believe?" She found a note addressed to her near the back on the floor. She picked it up and read it....
