There are also two "meta-characters" in this book who provide comments from time to time. Living 500 years in the future, they have a detached curiosity about this period of Earth history . . .

Image of Ning
Ning: A skilled linguist living at the edge of this solar system. With an highly developed oral/aural skills, she loves singing opera arias while taking bubbly baths and humming strange tunes while sipping esoteric mineral salts. Fond of purple colors, she's also known for her quirky attire which generally reveals more than it covers. An expert on early 21st century Earth literature as well as several traditional martial arts, she's doing research on the linguistic transformations that occurred among the world's languages after the Internet developed. Proud owner of a pet ercineé, she also has a rare collection of Earth photos by Anousheh Ansari & Martin Gray. Once a lover of Vidhya briefly in graduate school, a decade ago she decided eschew romance & devote herself to scholarship.
Image of Vidhya
Vidhya: A 26th century Venusian telepath also interested in early Internet era texts. She's in frequent contact with Ning (now simply as friends) and is a minor bureaucrat in the Department of Ancient History of the sometimes volatile Commonwealth of Planets. Although almost 63 Earth years old, she's learned to regulate her body & doesn't look a day over 30. With a particular interest in Earth art history, she has a modest collection of drawings by Morimoto Sousuke, Lee Shang Ming, and J.P. Norman. In her free time she also enjoys chanting devotional verses while pondering on how humanity will likely evolve over the next 500 years. Regarded as a bit spacy, she often has problems focusing on the next 5 days.

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