That's what they called it."The Nazis?"Polina nodded. "I brought winter down upon them and they died by the thousands." Bill shuddered as he caught a ...int of bloodthirsty glare, as merciless as a hunting wolf, in her gaze. "But that was long ago."Few in the World Above believe in those such as I anymore. They give their faith to the Christ-c***d. A fisherman may use my name on a cold day, or a mother tell my tale to a c***d, but that is poor food for the spirit to live on. So I have aged. Aged. "Look," Mom said. "You and I decided a long time ago that we weren't going to lie to the kids. That means about sex too. Jen asked, I answered." What else did she want to know?"Mom giggled, moved closer to Dad and said, "When I told her what oral sex was, she said, 'yuck.' It was all I could do to keep from breaking out laughing. Jen asked if you liked it and I told her, yes."Dad shook his head and said, "Did she ask if you liked it?"Mom nodded."What did you tell her?" I told her I did, Harry,". Weve done things, had fun, messed around. Said Steve. What with each other? Their mother pretended not to know. Yes. Emma glared at her mother and waited for her father to get angry. Dont be angry with them dear. Ive known for ages. I thought it was best just to let them grow out of it. Their father said. Emma and Steve were surprised by their fathers statement. How long have you known? Their mother sounded shocked. Eighteen months. The summer before last on our last family holiday, we went. Since settling here manytens of cycles before I was born, we have not encountered any more pinkskin men. I am sometimes curious as to whether men exist that do notshare our dark brown skin. But I let myself be distracted by ourhistory.In truth, our village has a special connection with Mother Ala. Fivecycles ago, shortly after our dibia passed suddenly, a foreign dibia cameto our village from the outside. She claimed that she had been sent byAla to replace ours that had returned to Mother.