She had tried to go into a mine and the women did chase her away then. That made sense to both of


    us, the women were territorial about the mines. Nu-reeh had told me that much.


    I was dying to find out something, though.


    “What did you dip your wing tips into?” I asked touching the razor sharp spears now at the end of her


    wing sections.


    “Well, I don’t know the word in this Language, but on Earth you would have called it va’, I think,”


    Hannah said Looking thoughtful. “You never saw Lava yourself, but this reminded me of the way the


    television showed it.”


    “Oh, well that’s…different,” I said taking her hand and walking toward our apartment. “I wonder how the


    women figured that little trick out.”


    “Who knows,” Hannah shrugged and I smiled.


    In some ways she was so human. In other ways she was so Paterian. I hoped the mix would serve her


    well.


    Looking around I saw Hannah and I were in an enclosed, deserted section of cave. I asked quietly what


    Nu-reeh had wanted when she sent me away. Hannah’s eyes got wide and she looked forward and


    back. She pulled me to kneel beside her and whispered in my ear in English.


    “Nu-reeh does not know you are aware she can control the men,” she said. “I have been trying to do it


    and it upset her. She told me to stop trying. Nu-reeh said when I have my own men I will control them,


    the way she can control hers. When I get my own men, she said she would give me the imnt and


    teach me.”


    I gasped and Looked at Hannah, she shook her head and whispered in my ear again.


    “She asked me if you knew, Mama, and I said you didn’t. I don’t think she wants you to know, okay?”


    “An imnt?” I asked curiously.


    “She said it makes her thoughtmands to them stronger,” Hannah said.


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    “Apparently, she has a connection to only her men, but it only goes one way. The imnt strengthens it


    and stops it from going both ways.”


    We heard mening toward us and talons from the other direction. I stood up and took Hannah’s


    hand. We walked briskly toward our dwelling.


    As we walked Hannah told me we shouldn’t talk about it. I agreed and squeezed her hand. This must


    be our secret.


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    My men were anxiously waiting for us when we got back. Word had been sent we would miss dinner,


    so they had been instructed to bring food back for me.


    “We are d you are back,” Christof sighed pulling me into a hug. Hannah had long been trained not to


    fuss when we showed each other affection, but she still hated it. As my men greeted me, she sat on a


    chaise watching them with angry eyes. I wondered as I often did if every female hated men this much.


    “Hungry, Mama,” she said reaching for me.


    It was one of her favorite tricks to keep me away from my men. She knew they couldn’t touch her, so


    she took her time ‘feeding’ to keep me away from them. Unfortunately, I was hungry, too.


    “Christof can you move that tray over here?” I sighed settling on the chaise as Hannah crawled over


    me.