While Ria's party quickly prepared for the trip to Gaia Prime, Arastia was way ahead of her. She arrived before a floating sphere-like structure set atop a platform in a large, extravagant building with teams of engineers and technicians behind glass walls around the edge of the establishment.
"I'm glad to be of any help to you, President Arastia." A familiar man stood before her, speaking to her with a perfunctory tone. He wore custom-tailored fabric fashioned from esoteric substances. A heavy perfume emerged from him, assaulting her nose.
"I'm glad you could prepare the wormhole transit system for me, President Sermoun Jarkarthar." She smiled at him. "The Jakarthar Federation has truly been kind to me and the Blood Humanist Society."
