Nera Ragno

I am Nera, Vashti's youngest granddaughter. My grandmother is eccentric and rather intolerant of men's shortcomings, but she does have warm moments from time to time. I'm sort of the same way.

I find her stories delightful, since I like life beyond the routine experiences this world offers. Grandmother says I am descended from a Terran slave woman who was taken from this world and became the mother of the mighty Fahdian race, conquerors possessed by a beast within. I never saw grandmother's beast, although family gossip says she definitely has one. Grandmother says I don't have a beast within because I am half Terran. But I do possess some of her Fahdian traits. The other one-quarter of me - I'd rather not say.

Vashti escaped the hunters and left to go back to her home-world, the planet Fahd. I'm not sure if she will ever return to Terra. I would like to visit Fahd some day.

I have found her written memoirs and an account of a story about her sister, She bel Gomma, that she told me when I was very young. Grandmother wrote in many languages, and she would mix words. I struggled to translate her work as best I could and called upon my memory of the stories she told in order to present you with the fullest possible account. But grandmother did not tell me the juicy parts; I added those from my own imagination.

I shall say no more. You may read on if you dare learn about the Forbidden Zone of Fahd and discover all its wonders.

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