Chapter 411

The pregnancy went on and I learned this child was almost as curious as Kennedy. She wanted to know how things were built and how they ran. In the evenings I sometimes walked with Rose down to the parking garage and watched the men work on transports. They found my curiosity healthy and taught me all they could.

Other days I actually sought out Rue, as horrible as his family was. I made them each a nice, new shirt as a peace offering. At my request, they taught me the mechanics of guns and how they built the weapons. It was fascinating.

I wondered sometimes whose child this was. It felt similar to Kennedy’s pregnancy, but not the same. The curiosity was not an all-consuming thing. Much like Hannah’s pregnancy this child went with the communal flow. She was certainly an equal mix of Paterian and Earthling.

The men found my curiosity about her parentage funny. They’d play games with me to try to determine who the father was. It seemed I should know as I looked into t