« - Ylin-Ylan? " Please stop naming me like this when we are alone. - It's your name... - One of my six, yes. Oh, what's the day. I didn't know you had so many. A Zao tradition, isn't it? - Ylin-Ylan is just my receiving name. In court, everyone calls me Shar Zarin. Except my father who uses my childhood nickname Zozi. My friend's name is Derl, as yours is Adam, right? - You can say that indeed. -I also have a secret name, do you want to know him? - With pleasure: but I don't have any... - It's the Iae, the nymph of the Darimthissa Mountains in love with Ktan, the Star God. From now on, I'll name you Ktan, you deserve it. - These nice, but... I only counted five names, didn't I? - The last one is the most secret of all. I will only reveal it to my lover. - The veina... !? »

« The space age began thirty millennia ago. Since then, men have traveled from star to star, in search of wealth and glory. The Gaiane Area encompasses an important part of the galaxy, a space where commercial lines intertwine like the capillaries of an organic tissue. Thousands of worlds have been colonized. Very different from each other, they all left their mark on the men who settled there. Humanity has never been less homogeneous. »

« Fashions come, fashions pass. They relieve us of the monotony of existence, so why not enjoy it? ("Trullion:Alastor 2262") »