Trying to Understand

Last night I dreamed a memory. I'm the type of person who rarely remembers my dreams, but I awoke feeling uneasy. My Grandfather was a brilliant engineer. Because of this, he had many opportunities to meet important politicians during his work on the Tyrras Project, and last night, I dreamed about the day Minister Zhi first came to Star 4. I was hardly five years old and even in dream don't recall much, but I remember that man smiling kindly at me and telling me, "I have a daughter about your age. If you ever meet her, I hope you'll be able to understand one another."

I don't understand Torin Zhi at all. She has turned down Star 5's treatise. Isalnye says this country has about enough food and water to last two more months if everyone starts conserving now. Sometimes trade carriers malfunction, so I guess they're used to finding ways to make do, but I still don't understand how anyone can live this way.

Two months? What is she planning to do in that time? Does she think two months is long enough to change the world? That's ridiculous! When I confronted her about it she just smiled at me and said, "my people may not have much, but we still have our pride." I told her "you can't eat pride", but I don't think my words have gotten through to her at all.

I spoke to David, but I think he may be on a wild goose chase. He said he met with someone from ARLIS today, but I didn't get much more than that before the connection died on me again. What do demon hunters have to do with the assassination of politicians? Either David's conspiracy theories are getting really out of hand, or this is a problem much bigger than just one power-hungry Star. I'm so cut off from anything. From Star 7, everything outside of Pluto seems too far away. I never realized space could be so vast.

~Shou~