on mine. I felt my face
wet with her tears, and I knew that my love was returned. There were
still problems to face, dangers to overcome, but they didn't matter.

"It may be a year," I said. "Perhaps two years."

"I'll be waiting. I'll be standing here, waiting for you."

Now the sirens were very close and there were searchlights sweeping the
fields and the woods. I watched Beth and her father walking away and
then I closed the door. I should have felt sad, but I didn't. A year or
two weren't much. On this planet far from my own, I was leaving my
heart, and I would return one day to redeem it.

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