“It does,” Hannah assured him before she stuck the green stalk back in her mouth.

Hannah stayed inside with me the rest of the day. She spent most of it sucking on a cold stalk.

Once she was finally more comfortable, I brought up the inevitable conversation.

“You know what this means,” I said to her.

“Once your teeth are fully developed, you’re supposed to go out on your own.”

She pouted, “I don’t want to.”

it’s just what’s done. Do you even see any other young

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the other young women I see are usually several mountains away. It is considered…well, tacky, to fly too close to the mountain housing

do they tell you?” I

they told her about the places they had been. She asked questions and the

think I do not know the other places because my mother hasn’t been to them

Nu-reeh has said you are petite. I know you Learned to fight

think I am weak and

was shocking information. I didn’t know Hannah

isn’t as tough as the other girls, so it’s a good thing. I didn’t think you would like it that I was fighting. On Earth, I know you avoided fighting, so I hid

She explained how she washed off the blood and let the wounds scab before she came to eat. Hannah always lay so I wouldn’t stroke the

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