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Season 4 Galactik Football

The Revival of Akillian: Chapter 13

Prologue / Chapter 12

13. MELTING ICE

“We have given our daughter Tia permission to play on your team,” the man says stiffly. The woman hugs him, all smiles, and adds, “We’re very proud of her, Mr. Aarch!”

Tia watches the scene again on the giant screen, framed by two slim poplar trees, which sit in the middle of the huge living room of her parents’ residence on Obia. Head down, hands behind her back, she feels small. She does not even marvel at the magnificent spectacle offered by the large bay windows: Akillian rolling like a cosmic gemstone in a black case studded with the stars of space. A show that awakened in her many dreams (how can we live in this world of ice?) then many desires, when she learned that the great Aarch was there to form a new Galactik Football team… but there you go, the dream was shattered in the gloved hands of those polite but obtuse police officers, who by force brought her back to her parents’ home.

They are seated opposite Tia, stiff and prim on their leather sofa of Gnok hide (this large mammal has become extremely rare, but still haunts the icy slopes of the Akillian mountains). Beside them stands Stella, the housekeeper, silent and compassionate, also in trouble, for it was she who helped Tia escape. Tia does not know how her parents got a copy of this recording - her little trick, concocted with the help of Stella, which served her well in convincing Aarch…

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