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"Dr Wilson, are you okay?"

Holding Carlos, Grace was standing above her Sara touched her tears away "How’s he doing?"

"He’s a baby--he doesn’t know anything"

Sara made a place beside her; Grace lowered herself to the floor

"Are we going to be safe here?" Grace asked

"Sure"

A silence; then Grace shrugged "You’re lying, but that’s okay I just wanted to hear you say it" She turned her face toward Sara "You were the one who transferred your birthright to uess they told you"

"Just that it was the doctor I don’t see any other woured it had to be you Why did you do it?"

There was probably an answer, but Sara couldn’t think of it "It just felt like the thing to do"

"My folks were good to s weren’t easy, but they loved me as well as anyone could We always said a prayer for you at supper I thought you should know"

From baby Carlos, a yawn; sleep was near For a ether Suddenly Grace looked up

"What’s that noise?"

--

"Station six We have ain"

"Not sure" A pause "Looks like it’s gone now"

Station 6 was at the south end of the daar yelled "Hold your positions!"

Peter barked into the ?"

A crackle, and then the voice said, "Forget it, I rong"

Peter looked at Chase "What’s below station six?"

"Just scrub"