Chapter 310
My men visibly relaxed after her statement and I was glad for her assistance. It would hopefully be good enough for now.
Since it seemed men could suppress her suggestions if they had an incentive, I had to avoid giving them any reason to fret over me when I took my walks.
My men Left the dining hall in high spirits. Someone had offered them a chuke game and they happily took them up on it. It had been ages since they had played. We went to the arena and I sat with Hannah off to the side.
The place we were in was enormous, even for the cave systems, and it was cold. The Light came from torches, but parts of the roof were also missing, so some late afternoon sun streamed in.
I sat with Hannah in a patch of sunlight next to a warm torch while Damien and his Brothers played their game.
“Women are very powerful, Hannah,” I told her softly as she watched me.
“Yes, Mama.”
“You will have great power over the men,“ I told her, “but you mustn’t abuse your power. These men need you to take good care of them. For this planet to survive you must treat the men well and keep them safe.” “Yes, Mama,” she said watching me. “I don’t like men, though.”
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‘The men kept you as a slave, Mama,” Hannah’s perfect English blended so well it surprised me, but she continued. “What the men did is wrong,” she said simply.
“Don’t treat your men badly then, Little girl,” I told her. “Don’t make them want to buy a slave to love them. Love your men yourself and make them happy. These men made a mistake, but I have come to love them. I love you. You don’t have to hate them. I don’t.”
Hannah knew my anger better than anyone. She knew exactly how deeply being taken and kept like a pet had hurt me. I prayed she had seen the affection I held for Damien and his Brothers. My bitterness should not cast a dark cloud on her life.
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I heard Bane cheering and looked up at the game. My family was jumping around, so I did the same thing, dancing with Hannah in my arms.
“Are you a cheerleader, Mama?” Hannah asked when I had settled down. She remembered correctly. It had been my personal opinion every time I danced and cheered.
“Yes, but they won’t understand that word,” I told her.
We talked, as the game progressed, about everything. Hannah knew Earth and she knew here, at least some of here. She was desperately curious about the rest of it. Unfortunately, I’d already given her all I had.
“You’ll go out and explore is what Nu-reeh said,” I mused Looking out over my men again. “She seemed to think you would leave me fairly soon.”
“I won’t leave you, Mama,” she said stubbornly, “I love you.”
My heart Lodged in my throat and I felt the tears come.
“I love you, too, Baby Girl, but it’s what you have to do. I don’t want you to leave me ever, but I won’t hold you back.”
Hannah set her jaw and looked up at me.
“I won’t go,” she said simply. I laughed at her.
“Your father is stubborn, too,”
“I don’t need to Leave,” she insisted, “and I’m not like my father.”