"Hello Rokesh, nice to see you." Mark said hello.
"Mutual..." The woman answered coldly.
"Are you here for a long time this time?" Asked the man.
"Only three or four days... And then I'll have a month-long business trip." The woman answered calmly.

Mark is not angry with her, Rokesh has always been cold and hard with everyone.

"I was very skeptical about you, you are much smaller and weaker than us Rakshani - but my daughter speaks well of you.
Thank you for taking care and watching over her when I'm not around, sometimes, I think she's too soft and naive..." The woman suddenly said while sipping her juice.
"Always with pleasure..." Nodded the man.
After all, even such words of gratitude are quite rare from this tough woman.

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Rokesh is Khardishwa's mother who is rarely at home and spends most of her time at work. She does extraterrestrial cultures archeological research on remote terrains for the Star Corps and rarely shows up at home.

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Also please note that my story is in the process of being written, and most of these small fragments that I published are not in chronological order.
(Chronology always was a real pain for me.) So when I finish my plans I will try to put everything in order. If I can...

The story and all characters belong to me  Marksan
The wonderful drawings and most of character desighn are kindly made for me by  sethtriggs For which I am very grateful for his help in portraying all this - because without his vision and pictures I would never have been able to tell this story. He really did a lot for me.

We still have "Tales of Chakona Discord for fans" - a cozy place where we usually gather. But after the recent ...flooding infestation, the rules were changed slightly. So ask around for an invite PM.
I am nice with talking to people. I swear. )))