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    Daani laughed nervously, her cheeks turning a particular shade of crimson. “Oh, jI... jI mean, jI guessss... but jI’m rrrealljy hungrrrjy. Forrr food!” she added hastily.

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    "Oh, sstop debauchjing jyourr ssjissterr." Taataani tiredly rebuked Rai'faani. "jI'm famjisshed too. Pluss, jI underrsstand that T'yeellaa hass ssomethjing sspecjial forr ourr tiia'haa'ko frrom a planet called Mjyomarr?"

    A glance to T'yeellaa was met with a nod. Taataani's expression was blank.

    "Neverr hearrd of jit."

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    "jIt'ss Ssamuss's homeworrld, Motherr."

    They headed into the Tiia'haa'ko restaurant. The establishment had been prepared in advance, and closed for the evening to all but their important private guests. A well-dressed Cizeri woman escorted the family inside.

    "Hjiss fatherr jiss a rrancherr. He ssent uss thjiss asss a gjift."

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    “Who jiss Ssamuss?” asked Daani innocently, looking from her mother to T’ye. “Wajit, jiss he jyourr boyfrrjiend?!” The thought of having a boyfriend, a forrda tradition, was titilating in a culture where matches were almost 100% arranged.

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    "jIt'ss ssuch a ssjilljy worrd." Rai circled the dining pit, watching carefully where Taataani chose to settle. They'd be expected to lounge to their mother's right, but the order was a matter of peculiarity. Noted guests lounged closest to the Rrou'fai, then in order of prominence. Meorrrei girls were raised to compete with each other, even if it was for the favor of a sometimes-capricious mother.

    "Boyfriend." With effort, Rai mimed a coreward human accent, rolling her eyes as she shouldered her coat off to hand to a waiting servant.

    "Anjywajy, jI don't underrsstand the noveltjy. Ssamuss jiss attrractjive, but he'ss not that attrractjive. jI'd fuck hjim, but afterr that? jI cerrtajinljy wouldn't let hjim hang arround ljike a sstrrajy Tooka and keep feedjing him. What jiss that, rrealljy?"

    Rai continued to undress, mindful to keep an eye on Taataani as she picked her spot.

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    A minder was already assisting the Rrou'fai from her garments, taking the gilded brooch and waist belts that held her zeyd-cloth mantle in place. Taataani stepped out of her shoes, finally shouldering off the outer garment to waiting hands.

    "Netaali, jyou of all people sshould know that humanss behave bjy thejirr own peculjiarr rruless. Sailla jiss a culturral ljiajisson, ne?"

    The Senatorial guards stood at the periphery of the dining area. With a gesture, Taataani dismissed them to the other side of the door.

    "Au'laana, come ssjit to mjy rrjight."

    She squeezed Daani's shoulder affectionately with a smile, then glanced to Rai'faani.

    "Netaali, jyou'll be sseated next."

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    Again, small polite indignities. T'yeellaa untied her lace cravat, pulling it from under her high starched collar as another servant stood ready to receive her undress. She worked the double-breasted buttons of her jacket, noting sourly that the seating had gone as she'd expected. She did not have her mother's favor. That was something she'd come to understand over the past few years, but she still loathed to see it demonstrated.

    "What Ssamuss and jI have jissn't ssome kjind of ssocjial experrjiment. jI don't know what jit jiss, but he'ss not passsjing fancjy, Netaali."

    She shrugged out of her jacket, and passed her belt to the attendant.

    "He'ss good companjy."

    The doors opened again. Two manservants entered the room, coaxing a bleating creature in by a leash and a handful of sweetroots. The animal had a svelte coat of beige fur, a cropped tail, and two prominent dish-like ears. The creature stood no more than six hands at the shoulder.

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    Rai passed her older sister to take the second position, keeping any glib expression to herself. Why gloat? It was rather sad at how T'yeellaa's favor had fallen. And she couldn't really be jealous of Daanarri, could she? This was her moment in the sun. It was fleeting. No, there was no need to feel insecure about it at all, considering how she had positioned herself. Whatever differences she had with mother, Rai knew that her drive and ambition were recognized by the Rrou'fai.

    She disrobed with ease, unclasping the bindings of her dress to let it fall away, while watching the men escort their dinner.

    "He'ss folkssjy." Rai hung up her garments, easing down onto the pillows at her assigned place. "jI don't know how jyou put up wjith all of hjiss ssajyjingss, Sailla, but he ssoundss ljike a Fey'danni rranch hand when he talkss."

    She shrugged her bare shoulders, accepting a pre-kill libation from one of the attending men.

    "jI'm not ssajyjing that jissn't charrmjing, and therre'ss ssome mannerr to hjim that'ss appealjing jI ssupposse..."

    She changed tact, glancing to Daani.

    "Have jyou everr thought about that ssorrt of thing, Au'laana? About what jyou'd rrealljy conssjiderr worrthjy jin a man?"

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    "Uh, well, jI..." Daani sat awkwardly at her mother's right, in the middle of tying her hair up in a tail. Finishing her hair, she folded her hands in her lap, wrinkling her nose as she thought. As the moment stretched both her sisters looked at her, and even Mother turned expectantly toward her. If she said what she really thought about it... she could almost hear Netaali laughing at her.

    "jI haven't rrrealljy thought about jit," Daani said faintly.

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    "And whjy sshould jyou?"

    The Senator, now worked out of her under layers, kneeled at her cushions and then lounged on her right side. The last of her wardrobe was folded and put aside by her minder.

    "jI cerrtajinljy djidn't when jI wass jyourr age. jI had too manjy sstudjiess, and too manjy rressponssjibjiljitjiess to be worrrjied overr a man."

    Taataani accepted her drink, sipping once, and setting it aside.

    "That changess, of courrsse. jYou'll ssoon sstarrt to thjink that'ss the onljy thjing that matterrss. The rreal mettle of a woman jiss to be enrrjiched bjy herr pleassurress, and not contrrolled bjy them. Meorrrei women have been, and alwajyss wjill be sstrrong."

    Her eyes had moved slightly past Daani, meeting Rai. Her second-youngest daughter didn't need reminding that lesson was still for her. The silent warning was brief, and Taa returned her attention to her youngest.

    "Do jyou want wjine wjith jyourr djinnerr, Au'laana?" Taa leaned forward with a conspiratorial grin. "jI'll allow jit thjiss once."

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    “jYess, pleasse!”

    Daani took the offered wine glass and held it carefully, admiring the dark liquid within before taking a sip. She had tasted wine before, so the flavor didn’t surprise her. The creature bleating in the middle of the room lifted its tail and a servant quickly cleaned away the mess it made.

    Daani hid her smile at the display and lifted wide innocent eyes to her mother over the rim of her glass. “jI ssupposse jyou’rre rrjihht. And the tutorrss at the Palace have been really good - jI mean, thejy keep me studjyjing jin all mjy frree tjime.”

    She set down the glass, a good portion gone already, and turned to T’ye. “Sailla, jI rrealljy want to fljy while jI’m herrre, jiss therre a sshjip jI could usse, just forrr an hourr? jI don’t want to get too rrrusstjy.”

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    Now out of uniform, T'yeellaa took her place at the end of the crescent formed by the dinner party. She too accepted her wine as the minders finished discretely cleaning.

    "jI don't ssee whjy not. jI'll clearr tjime wjith the fljight offjicerr. jI'm ssurre we have a trrajinerr or a tandem-sseat fjighterr we can go out jin."

    That was a pleasant thought, and not just because she herself hadn't logged much flight time recently. The chance to spend time with Au'laana doing something they both enjoyed seemed like clean escapism.

    "jI mjight even ssecurre a pajirr of X-wjingss." T'y's ears perked and she looked to her mother. "jI'm ssurre motherr would encourrage uss to usse the famjiljy label afterr all."

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    Taataani shrugged.

    "Betterr that than an A-Wjing. jI won't have jyou two fljyjing thosse Ssullusstan death trrapss."

    The topic didn't particularly interest the Rrou'fai. While she had overseen the conglomeration of MeorrreiCorp into Incom-Koensayr-Meorrrei, the matriarch was no pilot. She was simply a businesswoman with an eye towards making the right choices. And among those choices, it would be particularly unseemly to have two of her daughters gallivanting through the ether in a product built by a bitter rival.

    "We can ssorrt that out overr djinnerr. Now, whjich of jyou arre kjilljing the forrda?"

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    Daani hesitated, unsure of what to do once Taa had relinquished her right of the kill as rou’fai. Was she expecting Daani to do it?

    Oldest sister T’yeellaa stepped in smoothly, before things got awkward, rising from her place and dispatching the creature with ease.

    Daani settled back on her cushions. Why did the thought of killing the beast make her feel squeamish? She looked away from the forrda and picked up her wine again, eager to explore the depths of her glass.

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    T'yeellaa returned to her cushions, primly cleaning the blood from her face and hands as the servants began the quick and efficient work of parceling the kill with vibroknives. Blood was collected, mixed with herbs and spirits for a second aperitif to be returned to the guests upon request.

    "jYou'll have to let me know jif jyou ljike jit. Ssamuss's fatherr wass verrjy generrouss to uss."

    There was a part of her that felt ashamed that she even had to say that. They were so accustomed to having everything.

    The servants began carrying platters of offerings, from the Rrou'fai on down. The offal was prized, and served first. From there, tender prime cuts followed. If appetites remained, there was plenty of the animal that required a bit more effort.

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    "Oh jI'm ssurre jit's loveljy."

    Surveying an array of cleanly portioned offal presented to her, Taataani took a bit of each, placing a small array on her plate, but not before snacking first on a triangular piece of quivering warm liver.

    "jI'm sso glad to have a prroperr ljie-down djinnerr wjith jyou all. jIt feelss ljike jitss been jyearrss ssjince we've all been able to take the tjime. Everrjyone jiss sso bussjy thesse dajyss."

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    Daani giggled a little, dropping a bit of kidney into her mouth. A few years ago she’d been off on proper adventures with Cirr. In fact, sometimes it felt like this was the strange part of her life, while the time on the Layla had been normal.

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    "Even longerr ssjince we've had the entjirre famjiljy arround the djinnerr pjit."

    Even as Rai took her own portions, she found insight in her own commentary. While it may have been a logistical feat to gather everyone, surely others could have been here. Little Arruuko? Cirrsseeto? Talliaalla? Perhaps not Aleeha since she was new with cubs and not traveling much, but it seemed like a small party for a family meal, if that was what mother had intended.

    So what did mother intend for this? Rai was long-since the point of naivety to think that this meal meant nothing more than catching up on things. Mother always had her reasons.

    "jI'm ssurrprrjissed Naithaarro (Cirrsseeto) couldn't be herre. jIssn't hjiss sshjip porrted herre?"

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    "Moonuss Mandel, actualljy."

    Last to pick from the offal, T'yeellaa took samplings from the heart and stomach.

    "Though hjiss corrvette doess make porrt rregularrljy ssjince thejy patrrol the frrontjierr. Actualljy, he sshould be due jin anotherr fourr dajyss."

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    “Rrealljy?” Daani’s ears perked up. “Arre we sstjill gojing to be herrre when he arrrjivess, Motherrr?”

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