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She didn’t say anything, though his remark made her tip her head thoughtfully. Would these four grow up to join the ranks here in Mereo? Or would some of them be more suited to Epoch? What if some of them wanted nothing to do with the military-adjacent lifestyle at all?

She had learned to manage her expectations over the years as a mother, though this was Aquene’s and Kallik’s first rodeo. No matter how much any of them hoped for a particular outcome, she knew by now that only the youths thmselves could decide their fates. And she supposed that’s how it should be: they were their lives, to do with what they wished.

It wasn’t her favorite subject, though that train of thought made her think to ask, Will you and Aquene hold leadership ranks in the outpost?