Contested Landing

[Unseelie]

They say, those who think the Jahara weren't always here, those who fancy themselves victims or disinherted, that a man named Danel Sharisa came out to meet the swarming Kahara, at the head of a great fleet. That he was the first to try and reach an accord, to settle peacably, though it was far to late for such things.

Before Danel Sharisa tried to speak, there's sayings that there were ultimatiums and declarations on both sides. Men claimed space, and set borders and property, as men are wont to do. Jahara spoke as one, and claimed everything, even the empty space. So ludicrous, it seemed, that they were laughed at and ignored. Three stations were swarmed, and then fleets met. Or so they say.

This boy, Danel Sharisa, he walked into a Jahara swarm, willingly. He confered with the Jahara, and soothed them. The Jahara then withdrew. When he returned, he walked with a glow under his skin, and declared he'd found a compromise. Then the Jahara came, and our culture was founded. The fleet ran, and the compromise was struck.

Reasonable people don't believe these stories.
My mother does. She says her mother was named Sharisa. She thinks its important.
I'm young. How can something that happened before anyone but a great old Jahara can remember still matter?

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