“That is a strange way to greet,” Fuji finally said from behind me.

“My men did not instruct me to greet Mistress Nu-reeh this way. They told me not to touch her at all, in fact.”

I laughed and turned to face my friends.

“This,” I said with flourish, “is Hannah and her Sister, Ra. I would most certainly not greet Mistress Nu-reeh in such a fashion.”

Rose looked stunned and Fuji just cocked her head at the new arrivals. They encouraged me to talk to Hannah and went back to what they had been doing. I got the feeling my daughter frightened Rose terribly.

I sat with Hannah and her Sister for a while and talked. Rose obviously was afraid, so we moved on the far side of the pool. The girls told me where they had been and where they were going. Hannah congratulated me on my pregnancy and Ra offered a blessing. They were happy it was a girl again.

she needs us,” Hannah said smiling. “She may choose not to join us, but

they would stay and help me with the pregnancy now, but they could not. The girls were in the middle of a

a little…agitated,”

attitude if we stay

girls had.

handing me a slip of what felt Like folded paper. “Just Like on Earth you can read it and then burn it. I’m sure God will listen

and made no sense,

G E L A ‘s L I B R A

Mama. I think we will be blessed to see you burn it,”

remembered from Earth with something Hannah remembered. It was sweet they had thought about this strange religious thing. I would do whatever made them happy, even if

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