CHAPTER 13.5

  International News Headlines on August 11, 1909

  Today In Orbit:

  TREASON AT FALSTEAD REFUGEE CAMP; HELIKA TO COMMENCE EXECUTIONS

  The Persian Pundit:

  HELIKA’S AMBASSADOR TO PERSIA, CARVOHI:

  DOMREMY’S BLATANT ABUSE OF THE BLOOD TREE TO VIOLATE HELIKAN SOVEREIGNTY IS UNACCEPTABLE

  The Soothsayer:

  LEAGUE OF NATIONS PROBE CONFIRMS REFUGEES RIOTED FOR ANTIDOTE

  Sentience Watch International:

  EXPERTS LIST TOP 15 POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE RIOT

  The Alarmist:

  WHITE DEATH MAY HAVE DRIVEN REFUGEES TO PSYCHOSIS

  The Sceptic:

  THE BLOOD CENSUS: CIVIC REVOLUTION OR NEW-AGE SURVEILLANCE?

  Aryan Mixed Mages:

  DOMREMY NOT FAR FROM DECLARING WAR ON HELIKA; HERE’S HOW THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS CAN SETTLE THEM DOWN

  The Seraphic:

  HELIKAN DELEGATE DANCES AORUND DIFFICULT LEAGUE OF NATIONS QUESTIONS

  Medical Mirror:

  EDITOR: RIOT HIGHLIGHTS THE BLOOD CENSUS’S FLAWED MODEL

  The Tribal Tribune:

  DOMREMY ISSUES NOTICE OF WAR UNLESS EXECUTIONS IMMEDIATELY HALTED

  The Mundane Herald:

  TOP REFLECTIVE LEADERS CALL ON REFUGEES TO ASSUME DOMREMY CITIZENSHIP

  Apotheosis:

  DOMREMY DEMANDS FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO JUDGE RIOTERS

  League Of Nations Gazette:

  STRONG PRECEDENCE FOR TRIBUNAL; HELIKA MUST ACCEDE TO REQUEST

  The Doomsday Gazette:

  ‘WHITE DEATH’ UNDETECTED BY BLOOD CENSUS