The next day, Arisu visited Reichen. He had mixed feelings about her
visit, she felt.
"I see you've been harboring those two people from Second Earth."
"Yes, I have. And I am here because of them."
"Are they causing you trouble?"
"No, not at all. But you and everyone else are."
"How so?"
"Everyone is shunning them, like they carry a plague, and all Yuji and Marlene want is to have some society to live in!"
"Yuji and Marlene?"
"Those are their names. I know them only because I was kind enough to let them into my home. They have no where to go, and would like to live here."
"Those people will just disrupt our lives with violence. They cannot stay. It is bad enough they have been here three days! Hitomi came to me the other day, telling me one of them was talking to her daughter, Emi."
"There is nothing wrong with that!"
"Please, Reichen. They are begging for acceptance into our community. They can help us!"
"Why can't they go back to Second Earth?"
"Second Earth is no more! It was taken over, mutiny. All was destroyed."
"Very well then, Arisu, but you are responsible for them."
"I understand, but you must talk to the others. They need to help Yuji and Marlene; we all need to be one family."
"I will do that. I'll call a meeting this evening, but you don't have to attend at all."
"Thank you."
"Anything else, Arisu?"
"No, nothing else for today."
With that, Arisu walked out of Reichen's house, feeling that she had given some new life to Yuji and Marlene.
"I see you've been harboring those two people from Second Earth."
"Yes, I have. And I am here because of them."
"Are they causing you trouble?"
"No, not at all. But you and everyone else are."
"How so?"
"Everyone is shunning them, like they carry a plague, and all Yuji and Marlene want is to have some society to live in!"
"Yuji and Marlene?"
"Those are their names. I know them only because I was kind enough to let them into my home. They have no where to go, and would like to live here."
"Those people will just disrupt our lives with violence. They cannot stay. It is bad enough they have been here three days! Hitomi came to me the other day, telling me one of them was talking to her daughter, Emi."
"There is nothing wrong with that!"
"Please, Reichen. They are begging for acceptance into our community. They can help us!"
"Why can't they go back to Second Earth?"
"Second Earth is no more! It was taken over, mutiny. All was destroyed."
"Very well then, Arisu, but you are responsible for them."
"I understand, but you must talk to the others. They need to help Yuji and Marlene; we all need to be one family."
"I will do that. I'll call a meeting this evening, but you don't have to attend at all."
"Thank you."
"Anything else, Arisu?"
"No, nothing else for today."
With that, Arisu walked out of Reichen's house, feeling that she had given some new life to Yuji and Marlene.