Bernard comes down the stairs and heads to the bar... speaks:
'Good morning sunshine girl!
A drink of color black
to start...
The new day...
To cast away the shadows
of a sleep in a perfect bed...'
Pauses as the girl behind the bar is giving him an odd look... continues:
'No worries beautifull lass, it's just a peculiar way to say 'thanx' to Skye and all of you
here under this roof' he says with a smile 'I just need some of that black magical potion
to start the day.'
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor