Lines played across the front of the pad and then the screen seemed to blur. When the Lines all cleared I was staring at Kennedy surrounded by two girls both a little taller than her. My eyes filled with tears as her face Lit up in a smile.

She waved at me and I cried as I heard her voice.

“I, Mama,” she said happily, “this is pretty cool don’t you think?” “Incredible!” I choked out watching her.

Kennedy looked wonderful. She was healthy and well. Seeing her surrounding by strong looking girls thrilled me.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

“This,” she pointed to her left and right, “is Eve and this is Dara. We’ve bonded fully, Mama. You can speak English and they will understand you, too. None of us took the implant the women offered. We are all part of the new generation.”

her but I was curious why she wasn’t with Hannah. Gathering my courage, I just asked

me to bond with Mama. I hope you understand, I love my birth Sister, but she

like her father, just like you are like yours,” I smiled. “I hope these

things she had seen and some of the places she had

but their ancestry was different. Eve had Earth heritage, but Dara did not. The girls were all agreed that this world was run wrong, though.

before birthing her only daughter. Because she had only Paterian lineage she remembered the time before the men

died young sometimes, but they were happier. Dara’s female breeder missed the relationship her ancestors had had with their men. It saddened her to see the fear in the men’s eyes every time she approached. Over many years (the women tracked time that way also,

the same as her Sisters’. She remembered Earth of the mid eighteenth century. Hearing Kennedy talk

life after her child was weaned. She could not bear being the slave this place demanded. I felt for the woman and

said firmly. “Do you still feel that way?” I denied it, but Kennedy wasn’t satisfied. She

I lied, “never better.” My words angered my daughter. Her eyes narrowed and I got the feeling she

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