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motioned to the bartender. тАЬListen, this place has the best and freshest Alaskan King crab this far east
of the Pacific. Hungry?тАЭ

I perked up. The rumor of my eating exclusively plankton and fish was way wrong, but fresh seafood
was my favorite.


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тАЬDefinitely! Are you paying?тАЭ I asked innocently.

тАЬNope. You are. I just spent a bunch on your birthday present.тАЭ She pointed to the bag on the floor
and laughed. тАЬI was worried, but not so much that I couldnтАЩt buy this on the way out.тАЭ


***


The sun had set and dusk was nearly night when we left the restaurant. It was only four-thirty in the
afternoon, but night came quickly to Edmonton in the late fall.

We walked hand in hand up and down the streets of Edmonton. Though it had once boasted a
population over two million, emigration to newly opened planets had cut down all of EarthтАЩs
population. And a near miss from an asteroid during the Terran/Martian Wars only hastened the
departure of many. Today, a mere twenty-six years after the Wars, Edmonton was CanadaтАЩs third
most populace city with 125,000 souls.

Not that that was a bad thing. Those who stayed were the hardiest. They shrugged off the turn of
times, quickly stripped down the unneeded buildings and streets, and carried on with life,
appreciating it just that much more. Which was why it was my favorite city. The event at
BloomingdaleтАЩs not withstanding, they let me be myself and didnтАЩt pass judgment.

тАЬPretty tonight, isnтАЩt it?тАЭ Chrissy asked, knowing how I loved the dark nights and cold air.

тАЬItтАЩs wonderful!тАЭ I sighed, holding her hand tighter.

тАЬYouтАЩre sure youтАЩre not cold? YouтАЩve only on your windbreaker.тАЭ

тАЬWhat a worry wart!тАЭ I teased. тАЬIтАЩm fine, Chrissy. You know cold doesnтАЩt affect me as much.тАЭ

She chuckled. тАЬDonтАЩt say that too loud, love. YouтАЩll get another rumor started. тАШSheтАЩs cold-blooded.тАЩ тАЭ

I laughed with her. тАЬIтАЩll put that next to the тАШmother of the new Pisces raceтАЩ one.тАЭ

тАЬNo!тАЭ she gasped. тАЬSomeone actually said that?тАЭ

тАЬYes. At BloomingdaleтАЩs.тАЭ