My health and well being were still a priority. She watched what I ate and what I did every day. The men still came and watched me swim every day. It was much like when I waspregnant.

Also like during thepregnancy, my contact with my daughters was Limited after Jonathan’s birth. The girls had to ask permission to see us and Jonathan could not go out into the mines. My girls visited in our area for specified amounts of time. I knew Nu-reeh monitored us.

Nu-reeh had given the girls instructions. Jonathan could touch them if he wanted, but they were never to Lay a hand on him. He was virtual royalty in our Little world.

Jonathan crawled over the girls and tasted their fur. When they satIndian stylehe liked to settle in the warmth of their Laps and sleep. My littlesonadored his birth sisters and squealed with joy whenever they came to visit.

Not surprisingly, my girls were still at it. When they physically came to see me, they couldn’t say much. The messages on the pad I got from them told me what they were doing to help the freedom effort.

in rescues from the compounds. Just from the way she told me stories I knew

Jonathan started to try to walk after his first moon. By that time, he finally wanted to sleep when the men did and wanted to wake when the moons sat. It was relieving to sleep at

for him. As soon as the clothing got tight on his growing body, the

His face seemed to grow around them. The long

to him and spoke around him inEnglish.I didn’t do it to be rebellious, I was

knitted Jonathan was enthralled by the movement of the needles. He’d watch them carefully for a time and then reach out to grab them. What usually happened after that was a tug

blend. Some of the words were Paterian and someEnglish. Only Rose and I could truly understand

the Child Keepers. I swallowed the tears I wanted to shed and merely

and bent his puzzle pieces. His favorite trick was to drop things into the pool and watch them sink Shiny stones the men

and swimming in it came naturally to him. As soon as he was allowed to swim he’d swim down to the bottom and collect the things he’d thrown into the pool. Of course all he did was toss them back in to retrieve again.

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