“Me, too.I will reclaim pizza.I am too attached to it.”She spoke against his neck.
He chuckled.
“I may give up on lemonade; that was nasty.”
“We will find something else.Do you like wine?One of my continents is known for its vineyards.”
“My palate is distinctly on the sweet side.”
“We can manage that.”
She looked up at him.“Do you have any mead?Honey wine?”
“What is honey?”
She sighed and spent four minutes talking about honey and the process by which it was collected and concentrated.
He landed.“Have you made this?”
“I have made it small-scale.”
“Then, you have something to work on.”
She smiled as he set her on her feet, and they walked into the main entry of the pyramid.Tables and couches were being set up and arranged by both bot and human.Bots were setting up some kind of stage outside as well.They were flattening a patch of sand.
“What is going on there?”
“I do not know.Perhaps Ra can tell us.”
She chuckled.“I think Ra is with Harwin and having a nap.”
The creature in long robes glided past.“That is an excellent guess.”
Zelda said softly, “Who are you?”
“Skylar.”The fabric shivered in amusement.“A friend of Harwin’s.”
“Um, Orex mentioned that you communed with the dead.”
“I contain the dead.Who do you seek?”
“My mother, but I think I should wait until Aretta is here.”
“Why?The lovely lady is waiting.We can sit on one of the couches, and you can have a nice chat while I get some tea.”
“Don’t you have to channel her or something?”Zelda asked.
The creature stepped backward, and there was her mom.“Mom?”
Skylar smiled.“You can hug her.I give them enough power to remain solid until I recall them.”
The robes turned and walked over to one of the couches, speaking to a bot.The woman in the robes leaned back and put her feet up with her hands behind her head.That was when Zelda noticed that she had projections on her skull.“Oh.”
Her mother smiled.“Skylar is not what I expected as the carrier of souls, but she’s a good sort.She is Harwin’s cousin.”
“Oh, Mom, this is Orex.I am...involved with him.”
“And will be for hundreds of years.This is a good thing.I am hoping that Skylar remains close so that I can continue to be close to my girls.Where is Aretta?”