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messing things up, and then there was the nagging feeling that something might be wrong with Semjase. He had seen her hit her head on the wall, but then she still dematerialized and returned to her ship. Billy did the best he could to recount the evening to Quetzal. He told him how Jakobus had hidden outside the door, hoping to see Semjase, and that she had become alarmed and left the room. As he was explaining how he had seen her hit her head against the wall, a sudden wave of anxiety came over him because now he knew why Quetzal had such a sick look on his face. Semjase must have been hurt much worse than he had thought. This would explain why he hadn't heard from her for two days after leaving so quickly. She had come to talk about something important; it only made sense that she would have contacted him soon afterward. Quetzal had been waiting for Semjase to return to the base two nights ago; for he knew she was having a meeting with Billy in the meditation room. He was the base commander and watched over Semjase like she was his own child. When she didn't come back or send a message, he had gone looking for her, only to discover her lying in her ship, which was still hovering undetected above the farm. She had a broken arm and a heavy fracture at the base of her skull. She was in a coma and close to death. Quetzal immediately transported her body into his ship and took off for their home planet of Erra for medical attention. She had been lying in her ship for hours with serious brain damage, and was still seven hours away from help on her home planet in the Pleiades. Upon arriving on Erra, Semjase was taken directly to their scientists who, unfortunately, could do nothing. There was too much damage to the brain, and she had been without medical help for many hours. They had done their best to take out the damaged brain tissue, but were powerless to do