No Stranger to Native Shores
Novelette 9,046 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"You wished to see me, Minister?" A lone figure stood in the center of the auditorium, an amphitheatre with sloping sides and row after row of indentations that at the moment were occupied by only a few senior officials. "Yes, Nurse. Thank you for coming on such short notice." The minister's words were formed with the respect due a superior, though he was many levels above Nurse Betta in station."
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