Taking Flight

Clarta Baris, a gender spirited author in the archipelago that is the Republic of Pannulus, is slated to speak at a conference on a different island. All well and good, but speaking means people and for her introverted self, well, speeches aren't ideal. People also mean questions, personal questions, the kind of questions that want to probe her past. The answers, well ... to be the latest Dominion extremist group sacrifice? Far less than ideal. Oh, and she's afraid of flying. What else could go wrong in her lonely life? She's certain that life will think of something...