Neron Rising

voice called in my br

nded, searching my ro

im. He wasn’t in my room, or o

’d asked. “How did you get in

. “How did you… Wh

emanding to know whom the other was. Wh

I shut

as g

ays later. Only he was clearer

and I suddenly felt like I was somewhere else. Somew

I didn’t know where he lived or where he was from. I had no ide

y pop into my head subsided, I found…a fri

ition, to check in with on

his steam burning my face and hands and a

An idea strikes, a way to potentially make some new pipes. Strong

dobuds in my ears, and tap the circle on my co

ent female voice comes through, straight to my ears. “Today, I want to talk about something that be

and the most illegal because of her content. Arden Black is constantly dropping hints about where sh

about the histor

rch. But even though I’ve walked past it a th

use on the

ven-terra levels below ground, up to the top of the building. Glass kee

in the air we breathe, it’s in my blood, it’s in

form, it can power anything. Weapons. Ships. Buildings. Entire planets. The compa

vel exists only beca

, but for most, just the word strikes a q

ere is Neron, th

ime, it was called Dominion Blue, because Neron is blue in its natural form.

on. But it’s gone s

a mine. They also buy up as much real estate on that planet as they can. They say they employ the locals, but it’s little m

lmost everyone will move somewhere else in the galaxy. Becau

y don’t care about homes. They don’

on makes them money. The enti

inhabitable planet in all the nearby solar systems have Neron on them. All

it

do to the planet and all of its residents, he kept his discovery from his employer and immediately quit his job. He was a poor man who was struggl

dealing

n power your home for over a solar with no bills from the power compa

also do oth

. Things like what your most loved one is really feeling. It can make

nal gain drains it much quicker than using it for ene

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