The Return of the King (short story)

The Return of the King was a prelude to the novel Newtons Sleep.

Summary
With the babel commentating, Chatelaine Thessalia reviews a registry of the Imperator's visit to her in House Ixion a week before his inauguration.

Plot
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Characters

 * Chatelaine Thessalia
 * The babel
 * The Imperator

Continuity

 * According to the babel, the Great Houses would have eventually called the Imperator "War King," a title used much later during the War in Heaven. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * Thessalia refers to the southern mountains as a place home to hermits (TV: State of Decay) and feral cats. (AUDIO: Erasure, et al.)