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Zelana’s first proble to feed it She rather hoped that Dahlaine had been ht alone, as Zelana herself did, feeding it would be no problerotto concentrated the sunlight into a glowing pink pool, which was presently centered on the bed of moss where Zelana occasionally rested Hopefully she laid the fur-robed bundle on that ht to touch the child

The infant began to fuss a bit Maybe the little creature didn’t like the color Zelana had discovered that a steady diet of pink light took a bit of getting used to Pink, it appeared, was an acquired taste

Zelana snapped her fingers, and the quartz obediently turned blue The baby didn’t stop fussing, though, and her discontent was growing louder

Zelana tried green, but that didn’t work either Then she tried plain white It was a little bland, but perhaps the baby wasn’t ready for advanced colors yet

The sounds the infant was athered the squalling infant in her are of the shallow pool at thelanguage of the dolphins, "I need your help! Right now! Please!"

Now, Meeleareat wisdom and much experience in such matters "Milk," she advised

"What is milk?" Zelana asked, "and where can I find some?"

Meeleamee explained in some detail, and for the very first tie sort of thing," she said, blushing even harder She looked down at herself "Do you think I

"Probably not," Meeleas involved that are just a little co one swim?"

"I don’t really know," Zelana admitted

"Unwrap her and put her down in the shalloater here I should be able to nurse her without too much trouble"

It was a bit aard at first, but they found that if Meeleas went quite well Zelana felt a real sense of accomplishment--which lasted for nearly four hours

Then they had to feed the child again It seereat deal of inconvenience involved in caring for infants

The seasons turned, as seasons always do, and summer drifted on into autumn, and winter followed shortly after Zelana had never really paidfor her, and she could create light whenever she grew hungry

The fe the infant, and Zelana noticed that the child seemed to be very affectionate The dolphins were a bit startled by kisses at first, but after a while they even enjoyed being kissed by the grateful child, and souuan chewing on whatever was handy, though Her diet changed at that point, and the dolphins offered her fish instead ofseeain