Gladdie Ardune

Gladdie and 'Kristyl Di Marco

Kristyl's Asanii best friend.

Physical Characteristics

A cream-colored tabby Asanii. Soft ivory fur only faintly darkened by gingery stripes and her long, pale hair tucked up into a chignon with wooden hairsticks.

Biography

A history student who traveled to Terra via a Study Abroad program at her university on Asanao ("You'd tour the important sites there, and on Mars, and visit the Moon and all the places with historical significance both prior to our arrival and during the events of the Rapproachement.") She met Kristyl at the university hosting the study program when Gladdie was assigned to her dorm room. She and Kristyl decided to celebrate their graduation by traveling to Tsera Nova.

Quotes

• "I certainly wouldn’t want her to change. She’s crazy but she’s perfect the way she is."

• "All I do is listen, most of the time. I like listening."

• "But for now I think we’re going back to Earth. They could use the orphanage more than a Pelted world could. Or for all I know we’ll start that there and then go on to do other things. Kristyl’s mentioned those girls you told her about… maybe we’ll stop over to see them and give them money too. I admit it’s fun to be the plus-one of someone rich."

• "Some of us are complicated where everyone can see it. That’s easy to handle. It’s the ones who keep their complications squirreled away on the inside that are hard."

• "But I admit, it’s already better than I imagined it would be. And I wouldn’t have tried it, had she not just… thrown herself into it, and asked me to go along."