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Chapter 57: Goodbye.

Sloan woke in a bed of soft silks. The Nebos cradled him, and he sighed. As soon as his eyes opened, he checked on Octnavin's mind. The alien was giving commands to multiple advisers and important Dagerstanteens from the court. Sloan backed out of the alien’s head and headed to the shower. He washed and then brushed. It was nice not to feel that fuzz on his teeth.

When he was clean, Sloan grabbed a handful of pink Nebos and tied a wide strip around his waist. He paddled to the eating table and then stopped. His eyes swung to his left.

Octnavin stood in the doorway.

“Hey.” Sloan tucked some of his blond hair behind his ear.

“I like your hair.”

“It’s not blue.”

“I like it anyway.”