My owners arrived at Lunch and Master Kein escorted my tutors out. Everyone tried to keep Master Damien distracted until the men were gone, his temper was threatening to burst out of control.

“We have a surprise, Ciara,” Christof said Lightly and that made Master Damien smile.

They did have a surprise for me, one they had been carefully hiding all morning. I hadn’t sensed anything about it from them. Only Christof had seen the surprise and he was making a point not to think about it. They wanted to see my face when I saw what they’d gotten me. Christof presented me with a brown bag and I looked curiously at him.

“Only I looked at it,” he explained grinning, but I still didn’t know what it was. Christof was very good at keeping secrets. Usually that irritated Damien, but it had been fun today.

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I opened the bag and was thrilled. They had found me knitting needles and yarn in their colors. They had paid attention when I said I wanted to knit my child a blanket. It had seemed important to me, so they wanted to make it happen.

Grateful for their thoughtfulness I hugged and kissed each of them. That seemed to finish calming Master Damien down.

days in the mountains started to take on a normal feel. It became a repetitive pattern of Lessons

that lived in the hills. Other days we would fly into the mines and she would teach

also learned Landmarks and how to tell direction. Nu-reeh spoke of far off places and how to get to them. It felt like

us. Nu-reeh made sure I knew about every race that was down in the

that I was learning. There was so much, I prayed enough of

could offer any help or assistance. While I knew

fretting and worrying. They found that my lack of confidence and fear distracted them. Any endeavor that took my mind off my deficiencies was supported

me feel useful. At least my child would have something soft and warm to be

responsibility was to be present and listen. Often Nu-reeh had me sit and watch my Masters’ couplings while she spoke with her Sisters. She found my productivity to

and their interactions. Eventually, I learned

a new practice Nu-reeh would make sure I understood completely. She was quite clear in her belief I

far as my original purpose was concerned, a drastic change took place. One night my owners decided

I was easily made sore. The act itself required a great deal of energy, particularly with five

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