Redsand Canyon I could let you have it

She had learned from her mother. Just the mention of a mother dug up some long buried memories of his own, ones he quickly buried again. He preferred to talk about the medic. Aquene had settled on another hide. He could see how tired she was from her work. 

It sounded like she had an important destiny; he wondered what would have made her leave that behind and come here. He considered, for a moment, not asking her anymore about it, but then his curiosity won out. But you are here, Kallik pointed out. Why is that? he asked. Half a second later, he added: If you want to tell me; you do not have to. The auxillary knew well what it meant to have a past better left in the past; it was how he dealt with anything too painful. So far, it had worked well for him, or that's what he had convinced himself to believe.