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Chapter 8: Rift Dimension

Certainties were not many to come by in the preparations and expectations of the dangerous journey, which by many had been called a suicide mission. But what was the difference between charging headfirst into danger with a hope for survival and the certain death of just waiting for the end?

The only known factors were that they had to enter one of the rifts in order to enter the Rift Dimension and then head for one of the wormholes where the real journey would begin. These wormholes were told to be like portals through the vast planes of the Rift Dimension, and once entered it would be like a rapid flow of new portals which you have to navigate through and choose the correct ones by following the energy of the most dense rift waves.

Armed with this, all they could do was trust in their own abilities to see this through.

One of the rifts near Marcavo was chosen as the entry point into the Rift Dimension. This was easy enough and once through both Van and Kathor were mesmerized at what they saw. The Rift Dimension was filled with deep purple light, but no stars. A bright purple light came from a small sun that had a small flicker. And to their amazement there was only one giant planet orbiting this small sun.

The Dhimen that was now one with the ship had adopted the name Halcyon from the ship. It told them that it was their home world, the birthplace of the Dhimen which the humans called them. Halcyon mentioned that their real name was Gerforizmenas, but that would mean little to the humans at this point, and that Dhimen was accepted.

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Story by Frank Johansen