Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet EarthPetrovic, Walter D.
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Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
Petrovic, Walter D.
Science fiction
"I am apt to disregard Jessuum Benitar's prophecy, Almighty. It is
difficult to understand and can be made to mean anything, but the Mons
that I had seen, came in the night prior to the men entering the
city." he said.
Manguino laughed a little when Orren said that to him.
"You are just like Allen was. You only believe in what you see and
nothing more. Now, tell me ... how many strangers came into Pomperaque
-- or to Phoride, for that matter -- on the same day as these two
Bestenese came?" Manguino asked him.
"There were many, your grace, but these men have something about them,
something that I just can't explain!"
Manguino laughed and told Orren not to worry because nothing would
happen unless he
asked for the prophesy to be read to him.
To make Orren feel better and calmer, Manguino offered to him a
suggestion that he find himself some virgin and have his tensions
relaxed through her.
"You'll feel much better!" he told Orren.
Orren left him, angry and unsure of his own suspicions.
He went back to his chamber and tried to study the prophesy some more,
trying to use his logic this time.
Manguino also went back to his own chamber and jumped into the pool of
rain water which Eckma was already wading in, and drinking the scum off
the surface before he entertained his pleasure.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
With Cavander's help, along with some of his friends that were enlisted
to the cause, the Blue Mansion began to take shape as the smooth clean
structure that it once had been. Having the clean-up and all the
detailed restoration take place over several shifts, the great estate
began to resemble its old grandeur, with every hour that passed by.
Hundreds of litres of blue-green metallic paint was mixed and the walls
inside the house were painted, and the local craftsmen -- those masters
working with rock, metal, glass and wood, designed and reconstructed
duplicates of everything that was once inside the house. All the
duplicates were made from the memories, of that house, that Boyce and
Lloyd carried with them over the last decade.
Boyce ran about the entire estate with Zoro perched on his shoulder and
he supervised the workers with every detail that they were doing. He
wanted everything just as perfect as he could have it.
Lloyd ran around and did the same, but this all was really Boyce's
dream and destiny needing fulfilment. All he was there for was to
ensure Boyce's succession.
Dearborne's old parlour began to look more and more like it did on the
day before the execution, and Brook's den had been reconstructed nearly
to the last detail, the only item excluded from it all, being the
computer that Brook had called his 'gadget'!
The land and its gardens were weeded and replanted with plants, and
flowers, from all over Phoride.
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