Chapter 54

Maz giggled when she gave him the code. He looked up and whispered: “Sounds familiar; doesn’t it?”

She squatted to meet his eye level.

“I spit when I heard it,” she said, with her own playful giggle.

She looked around him and at the nestmates.

“I’ll be at Learning Facility 1 where I work during the workshops,” she said.

“We’re doing a transmission class,” Skyla told her. “We’ll come and see you after though.”

Nessa rose and shoved her hands into her pockets.

“I can escort you to your ship,” she offered. “I can show you the place in Basin 2 that you can park it.”

“Sounds good,” Scion spoke for the nestmates.

Nessa felt a tug on her sleeve. Maz gazed at her.

“Can you come live with us? Please?” he begged. “You can be our caretaker.”

Nessa placed her hands on his shoulders, and replied: “You’re 500. I’m 25. You’re older than me.”