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Michi put her hand to her forehead. There was no denying it. Her mind was going. Her memory was faultier than it had been before. The Devas were barely letting her see Kagome because she wasn’t safe around her own daughter. Kavindra had to remind her often that Lakshmi was dead and that she was her aide now.

“Kavindra, how long would it take to get to Sorus?” Michi asked, feeling certain she’d asked this question before.

“Fifteen weeks, Lady Nakano,” Kavindra said.

“Have my personal shuttle prepared. I will go to that miserable Colony world myself and deal with Leonidas Vasiliou’s granddaughters personally,” Michi said.

“Lady Nakano, the twins are not on Sorus,” Kavindra said.

“No, but I know Leonidas. He’ll use the chaos surrounding spring planting to slink home with them,” Michi said. She rubbed her temples. “At least I think he will. It’s my last, best chance of taking my revenge on Kuen. If I cannot have his daughters, then neither shall he. I will kill them in front of him. I will take away his future as he took away mine.”

“As you wish, Lady Nakano,” Kavindra said.

“Kavindra, have we – have we had this conversation before?” Michi asked.

“No, Lady Nakano. This one we have not,” Kavindra said. “I will have the shuttle prepared and one of the gravity suits set up for your use. When did you wish to leave?”

“Tomorrow if possible. I do not trust my mind to remain functional much longer and before I lose what is left of myself, I want to see Kuen fall to pieces,” Michi said. “So even in my darkest delusions I will have that sweet memory to comfort me.”

“As you wish, Lady Nakano,” Kavindra said. She bowed and walked out of the room.

Michi picked up her pad and started reading again. There was little else for her to do these days since she wasn’t capable of manipulating things the way she used to. The doctors all said it was a genetic disorder that was exacerbated by too much stress. They wanted her to retire and to focus all her energy into maintaining what was left of her sanity. She would do that – after she took the lives of Kuen’s daughters.

Michi started humming an old lullaby, one she’d learned as a child. It was an eerie, almost discordant sound that sent shivers down the spines of everyone who heard it – even the Devas.