Chapter 409

The room cheered at the small gesture.

“You were right,” Abram said from the side rising stiffly from a chair, “we feel our brother’s weakness, but it is improving. He can take some breaths by himself and he is moving more and more.”

“We expect,” Kennedy said politely acknowledging Abram, but addressing me, “he will regain his full motion in a day or so. The men here are taking turns to help him. Our healers are studying it all diligently. We have discussed with them the intubation equipment you saw on Earth. Rue and his brothers think they could build it.”

Rose and I stood with the men for a few more moments, but not long. They were obviously tired and needed to rest. Kennedy assured me the other men with them were watching the whole family for illness. The health of Abram’s family had become a communal effort.

Kennedy and her sisters went to breakfast with Rose and me in the dining room. They didn’t eat, but just sat with us. Much like last night Mund’s fam