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e terrified princess and then just as
calmly ordering the planet to be destroyed anyway. "No!" Caitlin
whispered, echoing Laya, as the powerful beams shot out from the Death
Station. Caitlin looked up at Fader, who had grabbed Laya by the
shoulder to prevent Hijiri's from interfering, and somehow sensed regret in
his mind as he watched the destruction.
But when Hijiri Kayama glanced over at Governor Tarkstooth, Caitlin saw no
evidence of regret at all. In fact, he was hardly paying attention to
the monumental destruction at all! Having ordered it, he had turned
his coldly efficient mind to other matters, and was talking to one of
his generals about their plans to divert to the rebel planet,
Danqualeine.
Princess Laya was led away, weeping silently, and Caitlin stood
clinging to Fader, Hijiri's eyes filled with tears of sympathy for the
woman and Hijiri's planet. Tarkstooth finished giving orders about that
time, and approached them. As Caitlin looked up at Tarkstooth with
new-found fear and awe, he gave Hijiri's a chagrined look, and shrugged his
shoulders. "I know you have trouble understanding how I could order
such a thing, m
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