It was the middle of the night when I was startled fully awake. I’d been sleeping lightly, following the pull of the Brothers. Now Christof was rising to take his turn at watch. He Looked over at me and motioned me back down. I should rest, this was just his turn.

My eyes were wide open, though. I rose and stretched.

“I’LL just sit with you for a moment,” I smiled quietly.

“For some reason I’m too restless to sleep.”

The men relented. I was awake and not at all sleepy. It shouldn’t harm me to sit up for a moment. I felt the other four fade into Light slumber as Christof and I walked toward the cave opening.

I’d experienced them take watch in the dreams. It was always the same. They took in the surrounding area and then settled on a place where they could monitor their Brothers’ safety most effectively.

telltale noises that would

pallets. He bid us a good rest and patted

morning, all of us. The men moved stones and I tagged along for the rest of the day. She fed me twice more, but not them. The

I was dirty, achy, and barely rested. Sleeping deeply was prohibited and for some reason I couldn’t anyway. All night my mind stayed active and alert

own circumstance, but worried about me. A human,

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on the television about how some humans lived. They subsisted on mountains in worse conditions than I was in now. My weakness embarrassed me, so I focused

and not separated. We were fed and had water to drink. There was

learning was obvious. All of us belonged to Nu-reeh and she could do with us what she wished. She could keep us miserable or comfortable for even the smallest reason. The sooner we did her bidding without questioning,

“she’s never put this much work into making

had changed, we just didn’t know what it was. Evan would ask

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