I am frazzled. Graduation is now closer to m id-month and I’m not used to that. I had way less time to get prepared for my work conference in a few days. That said I probably won’t be here next saturday because I’ll probably be up to my eyeballs in convention.

Continuing on with Behind Blue Eyes. It’s the next day and Aneirin has to face the fact he wasn’t drunk and imagining his gift.

By the time he got to the shuttle and programmed the flight plan to auto-pilot them back to his section of the orbital colony, Rioke had brought Kaleo to the shuttle bay. The young man had obviously not slept well. He was still in the finery from the night before but his painted-up eyes were rimmed red and puffy. The spiky hair-do had wilted. Aneirin could almost feel Kaleo’s fear from here.

“Get in,” Rioke ordered, propelling Kaleo along with a nudge. “He has no baggage, Doctor Shyroth.”

Aneirin frowned.  Of course he didn’t.  Was he supposed to leave the boy mostly naked? The answer to that was probably a big yes. He’d have to have Grimoald get Kaleo’s measurements so they could buy his new Toy clothing. “Thank you, Rioke,” he replied, hoping the bitterness didn’t shine through.

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I am so late and it’s 100% down to how much work I have on my plate. I feel bad about the gaps in taking part but there isn’t much I can do about that. So let me get right into it Picking up with Behind Blue Eyes.

It’s now the day after Aneirin gets his gift and he isn’t any happier about it.

He held up a hand. “It’s done, Pherick. I’ll figure something out. But for now, I’m going home. I’ve called ahead. Grimoald is preparing a space for Kaleo. I’ll be in my orbital condo for the next few days anyhow. It’ll give me time to figure out what to do before going home.”

“You do know they’ll recondition him if you send him back,” Masozi said, reaching for a drink.  His eyes gleamed as if he enjoyed the idea. “They’ll assume he’s defective and has to be retrained.”

Aneirin hadn’t known per se but assumed, given Kaleo’s reaction last night, it would be bad.  He wouldn’t take that step until he learned more about what reconditioning meant. “Yes. Thank you very much, Masozi. I’d better get going. The faster I get him situated and look into this, the better.”

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