"Finally, something was happening.21:15 Tuesday, June 11th, 1991Compartidero Flats, AZBen drove slowly, to keep the dust down. He left the working tea...s a few miles to the east, but there was no sense in raising dust and announcing his position. He made the run back to Huachuca, a three-hour proposition, driving up to Tucson and back down to Huachuca, then back again.Along the way, he stopped up at Arivaca, ten or so radio miles away, but twenty miles by road. Sergeant Brooks set up a field. A figure, just stepping out of the shadow. A girl, it seems, barely older than 16, very slender and graceful. She has long, brown hair and smooth, pale skin. She's also wearing tight leather pants and a jerkin - and she carries a bow. Now you also notice the quiver on her back."You're awake", she says in a soothing, cute voice.You need a few moments to even know what to say, you have too many questions. "What... where am I?"You notice her sparkly, green eyes. "Somewhere south of Eldau. The. . in the... hospital," she mumbled. "You're making it... happen again."I hadn't anticipated her making that connection. She was almost under. I still hadn't said anything about "Naturals" always obeying "so they'd be sure to wake up." This was like acting in a play and having some other player skip ahead a dozen or so lines by mistake. I was having to ad lib, but I wasn't sure where to pick up the dialog. In another moment, she'd be asleep, with or without my prompts."Surrender and sleep!" I. Thinking about the needles – and what she’d done to ensure none of them had harmed Nathaniel – left her pink-faced, but grinning.She packed her own belongings, leaving them in one corner of the tent, and then went to the requisitions officer and got herself a new tent and bedroll, which she also stashed inside Nate’s. She stepped out through the tent flap when she was done, and nearly knocked Sierra straight off her feet.“You okay, Leli?” Sierra grabbed her arm, holding on until they were both.