Damien placed a hand on Hannah’s arm and pleaded with her.

“We can protect your Mama,” he said. “You must show us the way out. We cannot live this way. Nu-reeh tortures her with our seed. It is not right.”

Hannah shook her head sadly and met my eyes as she spoke.

“You do not know the beasts that exist beyond these mountains, Daddy. This world is fierce and wild. I do not doubt your strength, but you are without Knowledge. Give me time to find a place that Mama will be safe. We need time to build larger settlements. I swear to you I will take you away, but right now I cannot.”

The men hated weakness and believed themselves above such things. I saw them coming to a consensus rapidly. This wasn’t over yet.

“Teach us,” Damien whispered, “you say there are things we do not understand. You are our eyes to the world. Tell us what you have seen. Make us strong enough to escape this life.”

“just don’t ask us to give you freedom, yet. It breaks my heart to see my family kept this way. We are working as hard

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lived in the mountain here spent five days looking for the escaped men before they gave up. Hannah

are too young to search for men,” Hannah told

out of the way. She told us we

family went to the eating area and collected food for the day. Otherwise the men were confined to their quarters. If it wasn’t for Hannah

and Basin’s families to come and Listen to Hannah. We would move the Listening pad far away as we sat and

escape. He never said we were going to escape one day. Eventually he would trust Basin and Stayne with the knowledge, but not yet. Right now they

done. The men were fascinated by it. Stayne’s and Basin’s families seemed hesitant to ask questions of

simple questions and cringe waiting for

or her fathers to steady herself as she moved around. The other families

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