Exa.doc



It was almost exactly ten years ago, the last time she had been here. So much had changed for her since then. She was no longer that frightened, dirty always hungry girl that had to beg, steal and do things much, much worse to survive. Back then she was a Bottoms, a Non-Cit orphan without a future. She was the rut of a gang called the Port Rats and had been to the orphanage.

Now she was Exa Olafson, had a loving family and friends, she had a home and a place she belonged. She had a caring stepmother and loved no one more than her huge and strong stepfather, who’s enormous hands could be so gentle and he never made any difference between his biological kids and her. She loved her little brother and the baby sister that now as three years old. Of course there were Uncle Isegrim, Aunt Elena, Uncle Narth and Grandfather Egil ( who was actually over 400 years old and not really her Grandfather). There was Elke, Sonja and Grimhild her best friends from school and there was Sif who didn’t belong to the Olafson clan, but somehow belonged to the family circle anyway.

As she was sitting there on a bench watching the musings of the Twilight space port, thinking about her family she of course also thought about Eric. As she was adopted by Hogun Olafson, she technically became his niece. It was over there by the static info bot booth, where she had first met him. Eric had changed to a woman and now was a Captain in the Union Fleet. She never knew where he was exactly, his assigments were usually classified, to Exa the woman Eric had become was a stranger and to her it was always Eric she remembered and loved like a big brother. She had decided that she wanted to follow his footsteps and become an officer in the fleet, but before she embarked on that journey she had to do a few things first.