Damien Looked knowingly at me as Hannah suckled. He knew I had heard at
least part of the conversation. It was a kindness to me that he didn't bring it up.
Hannah was cranky the next day. The bad mood got worse every time she came
back inside to feed. Finally, she told me her gums hurt.
I looked in her mouth and saw the sharp points of teeth cutting through. On Earth
I remembered children sucked on something cold to help with the pain when they
were teething. An idea struck me and I marched with Hannah to the sorting room.
“I shouldn't Look up,” I whispered to Hannah once we made it there.
“Find our family, we need to talk to them.”
Hannah held my hand and we weaved through the confused men in the sorting
room.
Damien was surprised to see me and a little puzzled at what I wanted.
“Those green stalks, Master Damien,” I told him quietly. “I need them and I need
them kept cold for Hannah.”
He looked at me questioningly, but didn’t do anything other than send Kein to get
what I wanted.
“Go back to our rooms,” he told me quietly. “Kein will bring you what you need.”
While we waited for Kein I rocked Hannah back and forth to comfort her. There
would not be many more times like this, I knew. I tucked the feeling of holding her
close deep inside and swore to preserve it.
Kein brought in a metal tub and sat it inside the door way. He told me it would
keep the things inside cold. It was filled to the brim with chilled green stalks.
“Here,” I told Hannah, “put it in your mouth and suck on it. The cold with help the
ache some.”
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Kein lingered to watch what we were doing. He made a show of using the
bathroom and getting a drink. It was obvious to me what he was up to, though.
Most likely Christof was curious and it was bleeding through to Kein.
Hannah sucked on the stalk and the strain on her face eased some.
“It feels better, Mama,” she told me grinning, “and I like the taste.” “Good, just
keep sucking,” I instructed.
“I don’t understand,” Kein finally said, as Hannah sat with the cool against her
gums.
“Growing teeth hurt,” I explained.
Kein tilted his head to look at me. “I grow my teeth all the time and they don’t
hurt.”
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