“That is a strange way to greet,” Fuji finally said from behind me.


    “My men did not instruct me to greet Mistress Nu-reeh this way. They told me not to touch her at all, in


    fact.”


    Iughed and turned to face my friends.


    “This,” I said with flourish, “is Hannah and her Sister, Ra. I would most certainly not greet Mistress Nu-


    reeh in such a fashion.”


    Rose looked stunned and Fuji just cocked her head at the new arrivals. They encouraged me to talk to


    Hannah and went back to what they had been doing. I got the feeling my daughter frightened Rose


    terribly.


    I sat with Hannah and her Sister for a while and talked. Rose obviously was afraid, so we moved on the


    far side of the pool. The girls told me where they had been and where they were going. Hannah


    congratted me on my pregnancy and Ra offered a blessing. They were happy it was a girl again.


    “We will help her when she needs us,” Hannah said smiling. “She may choose not to join us, but we will


    be here for her.”


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    I was pleased Hannah would help her family out and told her so. Ra said they would stay and help me


    with the pregnancy now, but they could not. The girls were in the middle of a thing they told me, so they


    couldn’t stay long. I didn’t ask what the thing was, but I wished it didn’t have to take them away.


    “Nu-reeh’s a little…agitated,” Hannah finally said.


    “She’ll get an attitude if we stay right now.


    I caught the Look and the sly smile the girls had. They knew something. I wanted to ask, but was


    stopped.


    “I made you a devotional, Mama,” Hannah said suddenly handing me a slip of what felt Like folded


    paper. “Just Like on Earth you can read it and then burn it. I’m sure God will listen if you say the prayer


    like you did on Earth.”


    That was bizarre and made no sense, but I took the paper.


    A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y


    “Read it now, do the devotion while we are here, Mama. I think we will be blessed to see you burn it,”


    Ra instructed politely.


    I smiled lightly and looked between them. They must have confused something Ra remembered from


    Earth with something Hannah remembered. It was sweet they had thought about this strange religious


    thing. I would do whatever made them happy, even if it wasn’t my culture they recalled,


    Opening the letter the first words in English said: Do not read out ‘Loud.


    There is a resistance and we are part of it.


    Daddy and his Brothers must learn to think for themselves.


    The control the women like Nu-reeh have over the men can be broken. Daddy and his Brothers must


    concentrate and they can be free of Nu-reeh’s control. You have seen how she does it. They will notice


    it if they pay attention. They can ignore the suggestions, but don’t let her see them do it.


    Men are being saved from thepounds and freed. We are helping. Ra and I are young, so we aren’t


    permitted to do much now, except reconnaissance. As non breeding, young ones we travel freely


    almost everywhere.


    We work for a powerful female. She and her Sisters wish freedom for all beings on the.


    very is wrong, Mama, and we will help end it.