Damien Looked knowingly at me as Hannah suckled. He knew I had heard at least part of the conversation. It was a kindness to me that he didn’t bring it up.

Hannah was cranky the next day. The bad mood got worse every time she came back inside to feed. Finally, she told me her gums hurt.

I looked in her mouth and saw the sharp points of teeth cutting through. On Earth I remembered children sucked on something cold to help with the pain when they were teething. An idea struck me and I marched with Hannah to the sorting room.

“I shouldn’t Look up,” I whispered to Hannah once we made it there.

“Find our family, we need to talk to them.”

Hannah held my hand and we weaved through the confused men in the sorting room.

see me and

Master Damien,” I told him quietly. “I

anything other than send

to our rooms,” he told me quietly.

we waited for Kein I rocked Hannah back and forth to comfort her. There would not be many more times like this, I knew. I tucked the feeling of holding her close deep inside and swore to

it would keep the things inside cold. It was filled to the brim with chilled

it in your mouth and suck on

G E L A ‘s L

getting a drink. It was obvious to me

the stalk and the strain on her

better, Mama,” she told me grinning, “and I like the taste.” “Good, just keep sucking,”

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