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silence by the technician's presence. `See you here in two
years, young man. Good day, Kally.'
He turned and walked through one of the light polarizing
doors. The opening, which had lit up momentarily at the
technician's approach, returned to black behind him.
`They're going to put him in a cage,' said Tarlan with
relish. `And they're going to poke food to him through the
bars.'
The savage comment did some good by jarring Kally back to
reality. At least they'd never want Tarlan as a technician.
Her fingers trembled as she unclipped her guardian angel
headband from her hip and settled it in place.
`Angel?'
The warm, reassuring masculine voice of her guardian angel
spoke softly in her ear. `Yes, Kally?'
`They've taken Ewen from me.' She surprised herself at how
steady her voice sounded.
`Yes, I've been told, Kally. It is a proud moment for you
and Galthan.'
`But you don't understand! They've taken him now! They're
not waiting until he's nine!'
`Exceptionally gifted children are selected to start their
training earlier, Kally. There have been two such children
today. You mustn't worry. He will be extremely well looked
after, and you will be able to visit him once a month during
his first year at the Guardian of Destiny Training Centre.
There are special visiting centres, and the chord-metro fares
are free for visiting parents. Just as today's fares are
free.'
The smooth, soporific voice droned on her ear. Since her
husband had been killed three years before in the war,
Kally's dependence on her guardian angel had grown to a level
that was greater than she cared to admit.
`Perhaps we should go home now, Kally,' her guardian angel
suggested. `Would you like Bel to be there?'
Bel was a personable young man that Kally had taken on the
year before to help run her business. For the past three
months they had been enjoying a casual relationship at a
level that suited Kally. Bel could not be described as over-
sexed and made few demands on her unless she took the
initiative. It gave Kally a level of control that she had
never had with her husband. She was about to dismiss the
suggestion out of hand, but realised that she would be glad
of Bel's company.
`I'll have a word with his guardian angel,' said the angel
softly. `Do I have your permission to tell Bel's angel what
has happened?'
The guardian angels were always very correct on matters of
privacy or freewill.
`I suppose so,' said Kally absently. She was trying to