there." He pointed to his mother.
23 "I saw her," North acknowledged, nodding. "She's very beautiful!"
24 "That's my opinion, too," Morn said with a smile.
25 "Why don't you play ball with the other boys?" was North's next
question.
26 "Because they won't play with me," Morn answered, "because my mother
is a Hashon, their parents tell them to stay away from me."
27 North wondered about this for several moments. "That's not very
smart," he frowned. "If The Lord God, who is The Maker of All Things,
finds her beautiful, and she is your mother, and He is your father,
that makes you very special....to be admired, not shunned."
28 "You know, you're about the only Haven I've met so far that thinks
of me as anything besides a threatening monster! I'm Morning Star,
what's your name?"
29 "I'm Northern Star," the other boy replied, "but my friends call me
North. Can I call you Morn?"
30 "Morn!" Morning Star smiled. "Yes, I like the sound of that. Will
you play catch with me, North?"
31 "I sure will!" North replied. "On foot, or air borne?"
32 "Air borne," Morn cried, as he spun around and headed for the take
off ramp, with North close behind him. In a few moments they were air
borne, circling the playground and throwing the ball back and forth.
33 North was good, but Morn's tremendous strength gave him a slight
advantage. But North was quick to take advantage of Morn's slight
weakness in agility. It was not long, though, before it became obvious
Morn was getting tired. "We'd better go down," warned North.
34 "All right," Morn agreed, and they swiftly landed.
35 "I'm a little heavier than you are," Morn explained. "For a long
time they feared I wouldn't be able to fly but I'm also stronger. And I
swore I would learn because