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After warning many of the kingdoms in Sevle, she was tired and felt weak from constantly shifting space so she could travel to and from the islands. Some accepted her warning with a shrug of their shoulders, but most did not even acknowledge that she had spoken to them at all. Now she was too tired and ill to move, so Kenjin stayed in a small village within the kingdom of Shinra. She was treated well in this village. The Dochani woman would lay an egg that could last for thousands of years buried beneath the soil.
A typical egg’s shell was harder than the hardest of metals, thus no predator could ever eat the egg and nothing could destroy it at least that was the theory that the Dochani told themselves to make themselves feel better. The egg would remain dormant until someone or something dug it up, while the child inside grew to maturity. They were children to the Dochani, but to other races they would appear to be an adult and due to their birdlike nature would have knowledge from their ancestors and be able to cope on their own.
Being well over fourteen thousand years old, Kenjin had experienced much things. She had laid thousands of fertilized eggs capable of hatching on many different worlds and never saw one grow up to adulthood. Kenjin was always doing work for the council and visiting many worlds and never had any free time for herself. The last of her energies would go with her last and final birthing as well as the normal knowledge of ancestors that a Dochani child was born with.
She knew that she would die and was not afraid. It was good to have a last birthing before you died. If you did not have a birthing at the time of your death, then your powers would dissipate out into space and be lost for a time until a daughter had her last birthing. This caused a disturbance in the space-time continuum and threatened to disrupt the balance that was needed for harmony amongst all systems in space. Having a birthing at death meant that your powers and knowledge would be added to the child’s already immense powers and knowledge.
Thus continuing the line and possibly receiving powers, and knowledge from previous generations not inclined to have a last birthing. These powers that would be given to the child would come into effect when that child came into puberty or some time later. With the powers came all of Kenjin’s knowledge and with the knowledge would come understanding. The egg inside her would soon be laid and with its coming, Kenjin’s death would come.
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“Kenjin, you must push. If you don’t push, the egg will not come out,” Said her hostess, Mrs. Laura Shievshen whom was still puzzled with this alien’s presence in her life. Kenjin was weak and found it very hard to push. After a long time her egg was laid with a last and final breath.
Mrs. Laura Shievshen knew what she must now do. Kenjin gave her specific instructions to follow upon her death. She was to bury the egg. A letter was to be written up for a descendant of hers two hundred and forty years from now. It was to have instructions on it for them to dig up the egg and take care of the child as their own. Average life expectancy of these people was about thirty to fifty years and the amount of time needed for an egg would entail many generations to pass in the time needed for the egg to hatch.