“It fits, Mike. And it explains everything that happened afterwards.”“Mom, Abby exhibits the same behavior. She basically offered to have sex wi...h me when she said hello the first day, and Becky implied Abby has been doing that since she was twelve.”“Stay out of that Mike. That’s an issue for the van Dorns.”“Is it? Emmy told me that Abby was here earlier and that Liz and Abby were acting crazy so she left and went home.”“You think they were doing drugs together?”“The way Liz was acting? If she. Or would it? I had heard nothing from Daedalus since I last spoke to him which could only mean he had safely delivered the cow, but it was still early and I needed to be sure.I stepped out of my bath and after I had been dried and a powder of finely crushed talc was applied to my body, I asked for a wax tablet and wrote an innocent enough message “Was your task successful?” then handed it to one of my more responsible attendants.'Wrap this in a cloth and take it to the craftsman Daedalus. "It just didn't work out. We didn't have as much in common as I thought." He just nods and starts tightening a connection."You and Kristina have been seeing a lot of each other." It's not a question so I don't immediately answer. "She's a nice girl," I finally offer after he raises his eyebrows at me. "Yes, she is," he acknowledges. "A bit young, though." Only six years difference," I answer, maybe a little too defensively."She's your s!ster's age," he says, sitting up and pushing the button on. We can't lock them in small pens during the winter, and if they can't find sufficient food they may starve. Either way, we'll have to see how they fare before we can consider them sufficient."David turned to the others, scattered along the pen's wooden fence poles. "We're on the horns of a dilemma, folks. I should focus on Melissa, as it will take my full attention to guide her through the treatment. However, by ignoring Jacob, we're guaranteeing he'll die, possibly infecting the pen and Oscar.