-Chapter 11-
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Kathrina sighed, resigning to tell her story. "Oui, of course I
will tell everyone. But I need your promise to listen completely, even if
you find yourselves not believing me." All nodded in agreement, so she
began.
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Kathrina:
I myself have just recently found out about this. When I was born, the
woman you know as Barbara Blight was Kathrina Meaux. She wasn't able to
take care of me, so she gave me over to her sister-in-law, Serenity
Draeux. For years, I believed that I was Serenity's daughter, but always
wondered why I felt so attached to "Aunt Barb." I became a Planeteer when
I recieved a famanine ring of Earth, like Kwame has a masculine one. Once
I was initiated with the others, though, Serenity said that Aunt Barb was
going to be very mad with me, because she hated the Planeteers. She never
told me that, soon after I joined all of you, my "aunt" fell ill from an
unusual allergy to the ingredient in gasoline called gashol.
A few weeks ago, Serenity and Uncle Mark died in a car crash, no
thanks to Hoggish Greedly, the old drunk. I couldn't bear to stay in that
house, so I moved all of my things to Hope Island, taking time to visit
"Barb". Well, last Friday, before I became an official resident on Hope
Island, I was visiting with "Aunt" Barb, as usual, when she told me how
she gave me over to Serenity to raise me and that she did so both for my
sake and for hers. For my sake, because she couldn't take care of me, and
for her sake, because she wasn't quite able to take care of herself, even
though she was a big time scientist. I remember, just before she went
into a coma, she told me that she was proud of me because I became a
Planeteer! I know you all have a hard time believing me. She told me to
tell you all something, but she went into a coma before she got the chance
to tell me the message.
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Kathrina sighed, resigning to tell her story. "Oui, of course I
will tell everyone. But I need your promise to listen completely, even if
you find yourselves not believing me." All nodded in agreement, so she
began.
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Kathrina:
I myself have just recently found out about this. When I was born, the
woman you know as Barbara Blight was Kathrina Meaux. She wasn't able to
take care of me, so she gave me over to her sister-in-law, Serenity
Draeux. For years, I believed that I was Serenity's daughter, but always
wondered why I felt so attached to "Aunt Barb." I became a Planeteer when
I recieved a famanine ring of Earth, like Kwame has a masculine one. Once
I was initiated with the others, though, Serenity said that Aunt Barb was
going to be very mad with me, because she hated the Planeteers. She never
told me that, soon after I joined all of you, my "aunt" fell ill from an
unusual allergy to the ingredient in gasoline called gashol.
A few weeks ago, Serenity and Uncle Mark died in a car crash, no
thanks to Hoggish Greedly, the old drunk. I couldn't bear to stay in that
house, so I moved all of my things to Hope Island, taking time to visit
"Barb". Well, last Friday, before I became an official resident on Hope
Island, I was visiting with "Aunt" Barb, as usual, when she told me how
she gave me over to Serenity to raise me and that she did so both for my
sake and for hers. For my sake, because she couldn't take care of me, and
for her sake, because she wasn't quite able to take care of herself, even
though she was a big time scientist. I remember, just before she went
into a coma, she told me that she was proud of me because I became a
Planeteer! I know you all have a hard time believing me. She told me to
tell you all something, but she went into a coma before she got the chance
to tell me the message.
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