<div class="floatright">(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i163/notdesirable1989/avatars4others/2-1012201F3302.jpg)</div><strong>Next Morning</strong><br/><br/>Sky paused to listen to Vedaa's words, and a faint smile graced her lips.  "Ironic.  I expected to have to protect Imara from having to explain to the city's leaders about how we knew about the possibility of another 'resonance eruption' and failed to take sufficient steps to keep the city safe.  No doubt you and she have already spoken on the matter and consider it to be an acceptable risk."  She gave a soft nod.  "I'll defer to your and her expertise, although I'm not convinced that the anima represents a comparable analogy."  She left the academic debates for another time.