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True Seeker, by Fiona Avery

"But I thought I was 200 people down the list." Jerrica, a young female
Narn, sat across the table from Alisa Beldon at the Red River cafй.

"Well, you were," Alisa Beldon lingered on the last word, flipping over the
papers in her hand.

"What happened?" Jerrica tried to get a reading off of the Human's impassive
face.

The True Seeker looked over at the young Narn, who was 16 Earth years old,
and studied her for a moment before continuing. "You have a very unique case.
There are not many adopted Narns in Earth territory."

"My parents wanted to do something when the Centauri bombed Narn. I mean
my ... Earth parents. They took me in."

"Yes, that is exactly what the documents here describe. Tell me, Jerrica,"
Alisa leaned in an their gaze locked, "Do you remember anything before you
arrived at San Francisco?"

A pause, hesitation, discomfort. Jerrica fidgeted a bit. Then said, "No,
nothing."

Alisa sat back. Her light, mental touch against Jerrica's thoughts had
detected surface memories so scant that they were considered dreams and
fragments of illusion by the Narn. Memories of a warm place, a cold steel
ship, explosions, and that was all. That was the handy part of being a
telepath in this business. Sometimes you could help your clients without them
even knowing it, as long as you used your abilities to their benefit and
never against them. She had taken the Minbari Oath on this matter. As a True
Seeker among the Minbari elite, to do other than aid the helpless was
dishonorable.

"So then, you think you can find my real parents soon? Is that why you're
helping me first?"

"Yes." Alisa saw so much of herself in Jerrica. The Narn girl was young and
nervous, the way Alisa had been as a young thief living in Down Below on the
Babylon 5 Space Station. That's when Alisa's latent telepathic ability had
manifested itself, leading to a confrontation with the Psi Corps which was
only resolved when she was chosen to study with the Minbari, thanks to
Entil'Zha Delenn, who was now a close friend. In the years since then, she
had learned more than just to control her talent and harness the power of
telepathy. Delenn had wanted her to bridge the gap between Earthers and
Minbari, which was in part what had prompted their close friendship. The
great Entil'Zha had many questions, as did Alisa, and they shared knowledge
often.