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Rated PG-13 for graphic descriptions and a few Chinese cuss words.

“Point of No Return, Part III”

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“Sunny…wha’s yoo-nif-kayshun?”

Xian Sunyi smiled at her seven-year-old brother. “Unification,” she said, stressing each syllable to correct his enunciation. “It means bringing everybody together so we can all share and live in peace.” She was poured a small glass of juice and set it down in front of him.

Little Xian Wei Lun squirmed. “Mom ‘n’ Dad went to unificate everybody?” he asked, accidentally spitting bits of cereal from his stuffed mouth.

“Don’t be so stupid,” Kai remarked. “Not everybody wants to be unified. That’s why there’s a war. Dumb-ass niao shi de dugui.”

“Watch your tongue!” Sunyi gave her other brother a stern look.

“I wasn’t talking about him,” the thirteen-year-old defended. “If it weren’t for those stupid Independents, there wouldn’t be a war.”

“I don’t care who you were talking about. There’s no need for that kind of language.”

Kai scowled, but didn’t argue any further, and instead concentrated on finishing breakfast. Sunyi empathized. She felt that way herself, but dwelling on such thoughts was useless. Their parents were both enlisted Alliance soldiers, and they had both been called to do their patriotic duty. Sunyi missed them painfully. She wished she weren’t the oldest. She wished the war was over and Mom and Dad would come home soon. But she accepted the fact that, at least for now, this was her responsibility, to take care of her brothers until her parents returned. Whenever that was.

They heard the transport land outside their apartment complex. Sunyi shooed her brothers from the table and out the door. “Learn w