Molly's Miracle Colonies

Areonian History

 "You should ask your questions before Vonn, Derees, and Tan return. I'm all right."

Eanne~ took Kol's arm. "Pas--"

"I'm all right. It's just upsetting that our government was so stupid, to force you to settle an uninhabitable moon! The fact that Areon couldn't make a colony there tells me they wanted to kill your people! It's horrible!" He got teary. I saw the wedding party headed to Pirad's Lab for recloning. These people will share memories with Vonn and Derees later.

Steven moved and held his other arm as Eanne~ put him on his lap! "My friend, be calm--"

"Calm! I always wondered why your colony was on Ye~! Our people forced your people to go there! I hope my ancestors had nothing to do with it!"

His genealogy popped up, and he studied it. Smiled. "Oh, Puret, look! We are related!"

"We are?" Derees' son came close, with his two brothers. "I am happy! Oh!"

Their family trees expanded, and I saw orange lines go from one of Vonn's ancestors to one of Megan's. That line also went to Anne's family tree! "We're all related through the Pruitts? Adia's family, too? And Liz'!" All the remaining families on Areon are related, too. Some were related to traitors Citstasia Wilnes and Ossy Koch. The Wilnes and Kochs who weren't executed were also related to the Links and Jonses. Wow!

More trees came up. Every one of Liz' library friends had an ancestor on these trees, too! Even her Black friends!

Liz laughed! "It's Pruitt ancestry! There was a Pruitt in Cleveland who left with Areon, who was related to the Links, the Johnsons, the Browns, and the Carsons! Anne was a Carson before she married Austin! And, look! Austin Wright's great-great-great-grandfather was also a Pruitt in Atlanta! Well, he moved to Atlanta and died there. What a small world—uh—galaxy it is! Meg'll love this! She's been trying to get me to join the Pruitt Association. Maybe I should!"

I discreetly ran some tests on poor Derees and found a lot of brain damage. Let Pirad know, but he already did what he could. He's sharing memories to a biome. Looked like the ones Laura ran on Adia, the same patterns. Kajarian weapons that Areonians adapted to do mind control on their own people. Vonn, Tanda and Kol didn't have it. Adia's father Joleon did. All the Areonians with records from Eicken Hospital did. They saved them all this time!

Pirad woke half of 'em up from Ilhanhsa, a notorious slaver spare parts depot, and now it's owned by Alb. Diplomats got an agreement. Yeff diplomats demanded all Areonians from there. Not just Areonians. They got everyone from that vast facility, and they're on planets in Alb now in my Rainbow colonies!

But, Earthans have corrupt governments and so do Elshars, over history. Maybe we can do something to stop it this time. Adia stopped it on Areon. This treaty will stop it in the Earthan Colonies. Maybe Pirad can help us stop it on Elshar Mashai. I checked and there was a long list of people I knew were slavers that went to Ih Esta. No way for me to know if that even makes a dent, but I can hope.

Derees won't ask for healing. None of the Areonians will. But I took Kol's hand. "Well, Cousin, welcome to the family!"

He smiled. "Thanks, Molly!" Lost the smile. "How many Yeff died because of my people?"

"Dear friend, diplomatic work is dangerous. If one gathers five people, is easy for this many to agree? What about ten? Ten-thousand had to agree to our colony. Our people wished a colony near Elshar Mashai, that we increased trade in the Seventh. We finally came to an agreement, and we were successful. Ye~ prospered, Areon prospered, and the entire Seventh prospered, because we helped Areon's economy ne to fail that the War might have ships.