Sleepy Fox Hollow the white room by a window

She didn't like the way the other woman looked at her. The way so many had looked at her, but more openly, more brazenly. Maegi fixed her with a gimlet stare, waiting for their gazes to meet again before she responded, My name is Maegi. Yours? Yes, they were off to a lovely start, apparently.

I'm new to Diaspora as well, she added. She wondered what had brought her here. The famine? Most likely. The world had been so unsettled by the shaking that Maegi was sure she was not the only one to seek a new home. How many more would they see come before the winter was over?