Chapter One: Galuit's pain
Galuit-Enilon-Esgarrouth sighed, after forty years in the military, after sacrificing all that he had loved, after almost dying all those times, and dying a thousand times inside, all they had given him was a messenger that had simply announced his services were no longer needed. He, the one who had led the successful counter attack to free Leera from the yeerks! The fight that many considered the turning point of the entire war, the battle of Earth the deciding one. No medals, no ceremony, just an aristh doing a petty task. True, Galuit had long since lost the want for such things, but surely, the military could have shown him more respect than that. It would have been a comfort to know he would be remembered even after he was no longer necessary, for there was nothing at home for him.
He suppressed the memory of that horrible day, the day when he had come home from a routine boundary check to find the entire outpost destroyed, and only the memory of his family, the taxxons had left him nothing else. The only reason he had carried on was to kill all those involved, and when he had done that, it just a matter of fighting them, to avenge all the other lives that had been taken by one fool's folly. He had never thought that a time would come that he could return to the Home World permanently. He had always thought the yeerks would kill him before the wars end, and then he would be reunited with his beloved Saylan and their children. Now it was wars end and he was at a loss at what to do, he had the education to be an engineer but he knew how lonely life would be. All of his surviving friends had families to return to. That is the reason he was now looking out a ship's window at the planet called Earth, he was hoping his time here would give him time to decide what he was going to do with the rest of his life.
All who had been to Earth had said it was one of the best planets to visit in the entire universe. The humans as the dominant race was called, were mostly hospitable creatures, playful, constantly making confusing jokes, and were the master chefs of the universe. An Andalite could lose himself there, just what Galuit wanted to do.
War-Prince Galuit? a messenger asked, shaking Galuit out of his thoughts, the captain told me to inform you that the ship will be landing in one hour
Thank you for the announcement Galuit answered politely. And turned once again to the image of the blue and green sphere with a tiny pearl moon.
Galuit-Enilon-Esgarrouth sighed, after forty years in the military, after sacrificing all that he had loved, after almost dying all those times, and dying a thousand times inside, all they had given him was a messenger that had simply announced his services were no longer needed. He, the one who had led the successful counter attack to free Leera from the yeerks! The fight that many considered the turning point of the entire war, the battle of Earth the deciding one. No medals, no ceremony, just an aristh doing a petty task. True, Galuit had long since lost the want for such things, but surely, the military could have shown him more respect than that. It would have been a comfort to know he would be remembered even after he was no longer necessary, for there was nothing at home for him.
He suppressed the memory of that horrible day, the day when he had come home from a routine boundary check to find the entire outpost destroyed, and only the memory of his family, the taxxons had left him nothing else. The only reason he had carried on was to kill all those involved, and when he had done that, it just a matter of fighting them, to avenge all the other lives that had been taken by one fool's folly. He had never thought that a time would come that he could return to the Home World permanently. He had always thought the yeerks would kill him before the wars end, and then he would be reunited with his beloved Saylan and their children. Now it was wars end and he was at a loss at what to do, he had the education to be an engineer but he knew how lonely life would be. All of his surviving friends had families to return to. That is the reason he was now looking out a ship's window at the planet called Earth, he was hoping his time here would give him time to decide what he was going to do with the rest of his life.
All who had been to Earth had said it was one of the best planets to visit in the entire universe. The humans as the dominant race was called, were mostly hospitable creatures, playful, constantly making confusing jokes, and were the master chefs of the universe. An Andalite could lose himself there, just what Galuit wanted to do.
War-Prince Galuit? a messenger asked, shaking Galuit out of his thoughts, the captain told me to inform you that the ship will be landing in one hour
Thank you for the announcement Galuit answered politely. And turned once again to the image of the blue and green sphere with a tiny pearl moon.
