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.

attacked by things in the night. There were things to look for, telltale noises that would indicate something creeping up on us. It wasn’t hard

other’s company until his turn ended. Kein met us as we walked back to the thin sleeping pallets. He bid us a good rest and patted his Brother on the shoulder. The closeness reassured all of us. At

of us. The men moved stones and I tagged along for the rest of the day. She

barely rested. Sleeping deeply was prohibited and for some reason I couldn’t anyway.

weren’t that concerned by their own circumstance, but worried about me. A human, they believed,

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seeing stories on the television about how some humans lived. They subsisted on mountains in worse conditions than

this situation. The family was together and not separated. We were fed and had water to drink. There was no use complaining about

be learning was obvious. All of us belonged to Nu-reeh and she could do with us what she wished. She could keep

this much

asked us to stop making our own decisions before either. In fact, in the past she’d encouraged independence. Something had changed, we just didn’t know

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