![]() “And I was hoping to find out how I fit in.” “I know I’m different.” My throat closed, and my voice squeaked. “Do you know anything about the world? How you fit in?” “And how to be defensive when no offense was intended.” He cut me off before I could apologize, though my mouth had dropped open to do so I didn’t really want to leave the warm tent, especially now that the herbs and overall exhaustion were taking effect. ![]() I met his eyes and made my voice like stone. “She must have helped you learn to speak.” Again, I shrugged, and he chuckled. He nodded, as if encouraging me to go on. What did that mean? I’d figured out how to tread water when I was younger, but everything was different in the winter. “And that was?” When I didn’t speak, he said, “Not how to swim, obviously.” By then they were usually big and strong enough to make it wherever they wanted to go. Most people left their current parents when they were thirteen years old. ![]() ![]() I was the nosoul who’d taken eighteen of Li’s years, her food and skills, pestered her with questions and all my needs. ![]()
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