Over the next few months more of the manuals were translated. XXX No one seemed to know why those circles were there or when they were put in place, but on the night of sacrifice, they would glow slightly and the seven women would be led to stand in the center of each circle. The engineers among us were ecstatic to see a technology that could create or modify or move a planet into that thin orbital distance that supports life. If she were The Chosen One, when the clothing was torn from her body and the clamps and vibrator were displayed to the people, it would be proof to the people and to the gods that all of the women of the colony were prepared to be The Chosen One.
