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.

surprised to see me and

him quietly. “I need them and I need

but didn’t do anything other

me quietly. “Kein will bring you

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 preserve

in a metal tub and sat it inside the door way. He told me it would keep the things inside cold. It

“put it in your mouth and suck on it. The cold with help the ache

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getting a drink. It was obvious to me what he was up to, though. Most likely Christof was curious and it

on the stalk and the strain on her face

Mama,” she told me grinning, “and I like the taste.”

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