Present Time,
The Sixth Leader was still unconscious and had not been removed from the Pool of Purification. He floated on it and it was a surprise that his heart was still beating.
Though weak, it was better all the same.
The next day, Zeda was dressed like one of the apprentices – long white trousers with a matching white coat that was expected to be buttoned up to the neck.
From the first two buttons to where the fabric begins at the neck, a design of a leaf is embroidered on the material. It was a simple representation of nature.
Zeda felt uncomfortable in the material but she couldn’t complain. Even though she knew it would be changed immediately if she parted her lips in a request but she didn’t want to stand out.
Everyone knowing that she was associated with ‘The Ragnar Kamazotz’ was enough publicity. And knowing that she meant more than others to him was the breaking factor.