Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #17 August 2015 | Page 35

were of red with no blue along their trimming, and
he did not yet shave his forehead, or wear the belt
of a Lan. Though he still had many doubts, he was
loved like a son by his teacher nonetheless, and was
Meddhi-Lan’s favorite among the student priests.

on the wall, adorned with the holy markings of The
Dei, as if looking for an answer within its design.
“This was not foreseen… was it, my Lan?”

“I… do not mean to speak in a paradox, my
Lan. I simply have not come into the light yet. I admit,
though, it is difficult to understand the meaning of the
Un’s ultimate design when a child has been born to us
who is so… very unusual.”
“Yes, Pei,” said Meddhi-Lan as he gently
rested his hand on his student’s shoulder, “and we
must expect that there will be some opposition to my
pronouncement that he is indeed the reincarnation of
The Great Adin.”
“Because of fear?” Pei asked nervously.
“Yes... and also because of the length of time
that has passed before his return to us. It has been
hundreds of years since the Bodanya has chosen to
live and walk upon our planet - so many years, in fact,
that The Council was already in disbelief when Amya
gave birth to him.”
“But she was the woman to conceive amongst
the white flowers in the time of The Great Adin’s
rebirth,” argued Pei unnecessarily.
“Yes, she was,” replied Meddhi-Lan with a
slight smile.
“And so the prophecy has been fulfilled.”
“Of course,” sighed the high priest as he
placed his unfinished scroll back into an oval chest
that hung on the wall. “It has all been written and
prophesied, my young student.”
“Then…” Pei struggled with his mind, finally
forcing himself to ask, “Why was the Bodanya born
with… both male and female flesh?”
Meddhi-Lan winced at the rawness of Pei’s
question. He stared at the ancient blue and silver chest

The high priest slowly turned to face his
student.
“No, Pei. It was not.”
-For nearly a thousand years, The Council of
The Holy Dei had believed themselves on the brink of
doom. The galaxy of Un-Ahm was slowly becoming
desolate and barren. With each passing year of drained
plasmic energy and decreasing power supply, the
people of Deius looked to The Dei for wisdom and
light.
This was now the time of The Great Paradox,
also known by the few remaining scientists on Deius
as Polarity Syndrome. It was first suspected by the
priests of Deius when the sun of the planet Hun
imploded upon itself, killing all of Hun’s inhabitants
instantaneously. Scientists disregarded the event as
an isolated, natural incident within The Un, but the
Deiusian holy men saw it differently. They believed
the death of Hun’s sun was a sign from the go