Chapter 201

She pouted, “I don’t want to.”

“Well, it’s just what’s done. Do you even see any other young women flying around here?” I asked.

She shrugged, “Some, the other young women I see are usually several mountains away. It is considered…well, tacky, to fly too close to the mountain housing the men. The women that live in the area get angry if they find you too close and you’re not still nursing.”

“What do they tell you?” I asked her.

Hannah grudgingly admitted they told her about the places they had been. She asked questions and the other girls just assumed her mother was very old.

“They think I do not know the other places because my mother hasn’t been to them in so long. I just let them think that,” she said.

“That’s a wise decision,” I admitted. “It wouldn’t do to have them think you are weak. Nu-reeh has said you are petite. I know you learned to fight from your father, but I’m not sure it would be effective against other women.”

Hannah smiled