The rest of the girls from Earth were sitting and Listening closely. We were all concerned. If I could have this happen, they could, too.

“No,” I told her, “the men don’t know what pregnancy entails. I don’t think they’ve ever seen a pregnant woman. They can’t comprehend what is happening. They still just think I’m getting fat.”

“What will you do when you deliver?” an Earth girl asked.

“I don’t know,” I told her. I stroked my stomach and felt the familiar roll as the child moved under my hand. “They Like to study things. I fear they will want to study the child,” I said quietly.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

Master Damien and his Brothers protected me. I wasn’t sure that protection extended to a child conceived by me. I feared for the babe, especially if it was female.

run away before the child was born, but I wasn’t sure where to go. It was unclear how I would even get away. My instinct to protect my baby got stronger every

was no way I would be able to protect my child once it was born. It crushed me to realize what the men could

another girl whispered placing a hand on my stomach. “You should not be feeling the motions of the child already; your belly isn’t big enough. I

you?” I asked quietly. “I have

say here. They knew I feared my owners’ reaction to a child. It was assumed I had to get

was different. I sat on the beach that afternoon and felt breathless with anticipation. It wasn’t clear to me what I was anticipating, but it excited

owners picked me up and I was almost giddy with

fought it down. I did my

scrubbing the grime,

of my owners chastised me. Giggling stupidly, I held the emotion inside and just tried to focus

the emotions were in such a

the depression set in. I cried on my pad as I waited for my owners to come and get me. The feeling

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