Chapter 13 Sparring Match

Kim sat at her desk and pondered. There were seventeen days left before the portal could be opened, and she still hadn't decided what to do.

Watching the tape of Monique's reconciliation with L'ao put the Dae in a better light, but at the same time the reports that Kinnett had left took away much of that light.

Those reports and L'ao's books had been scanned and put on CD, but a problem had arisen. L'ao's books were written in her native language and alphabet. That she forgot something that important had been very embarrassing to the Dae, and she was doing a translation into English.

But could they trust her translation? It was very frustrating.

Wade had done an online search, and discovered a Dae book was in the Yale University library. It was called the Voynich Manuscript, after the book dealer who had discovered it. Looking over the hi-resolution scans, L'ao said it was a compilation of information; plants from the Dae world, information on calculating when the portal could open, an early attempt at reconciling the Dae calendar with the European, a section on herbal remedies using Earth plants, and a final text...