Averkane snapped Shahin out of his nostalgic reverie. He wasn't sure how long it had lasted, but it felt as if he had relived that entire chapter of his life. Yet life was moving on, and now, the task at hand was to find a way to neutralize Queen Andora with the help of the Pleiades.
The streets near the Royal Esplanade were growing increasingly chaotic. People jostled one another, shouted insults, and squeezed through the ever-growing summer heat of a bright day. The mixture of joyful and irritable clamors left no doubt that today was Thursday – the day of Andora's sporting events.
