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Arika explained that she had a brother and a sister inside her home. The boy wondered if all children were born in the same batches – one boy and two girls. She said that her mother was inside, as well. There was no mention of a father. Antigone wondered if he was on patrol or if he had died as a soldier. He did not imagine that it was proper to ask, not when they had just met. The thought was stored away for a later time.

I have sisters. Zosime and Zulema, Antigone offered in exchange for the information she’d given him. He thought to mention his mother and father, too. They were important members in the family. The young boy had not experienced a single day without them. It made him think of her father again and how she had not mentioned him in her small mention of family.

The blue of his eyes stopped scanning the den behind her.

You will not get in trouble?