The woman wasn’t offended by the statement and wanted to know what made it not an ideal time. They discussed back and forth for many long moments. Eventually it was decided that one woman of the family could breed, but not both of them.

“I will wait ” the woman said politely, “but my Sister will try, she is older than me.”

The Administrators wished them well and recorded the information. The group of men walked out with the women casually touching and caressing them. They were all pleased they could try to produce a child. The two families were entirely focused on one another as they left.

The next group was five men. They wanted to discuss growing a new type of crop. The men had been doing a good bit of studying and thought this new starch would be beneficial. It would easily grow in the soil here.

“We grow all our own food,” Gunth explained to Rose, Fuji, and me. “We have hidden farms spread throughout the forest. Men go each day to monitor them.”

don’t see your fields?” I asked

“We hide our fields in plain sight and cover them with the false vision

took the information from the

us study it,” the Lead male Administrator said, “we will put it

E L A ‘s L I B

They

and patched. They were lanky, like shopkeepers, and with prominent stripes. I saw the thick callouses

yourself, Arik,”

Arik from the T’rale Mountains,” the man said.

been taught by Gunth and the man just continued to stare at me as his Brothers introduced

Arik or are you and your Brothers done?”

to grow the food that is on the tables every meal. We enjoy watching plants grow. There is a plant from Earth we have been

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