“Can you get the celebration plans for the Uradda festival?”
“Sure.Do you have a list of performers?”
“Not a list, it will be more voluntary.Bex-adra.You.Whomever else you can press into service.You know.A party.”
“I can throw a party.”Hemma smiled.“Budget?”
“Hah.You know better.If you need money, ask Caska or Ava.The budget is unlimited.We want a hopeful celebration.”
“Understand.Location?”
“Around the refugee centre.”
“Okay.Food trucks.Lots of food trucks.”
“I have just added to your evening plans.Sorry.”
“Hah.Go and have fun with your family.It is about time.”
Keska hugged her, and they left the workshop and headed for the back yard, where everyone had trickled, and Salat was playing on the exercise structure to the delight of his toddlers.
Hemma looked at Ekbert, and he grinned.“Did you ever do that?”
“No.”
Zephyr walked up, back in Ekbert’s sweats.“Did you want to try?”
“No.I still have some issues.”
Zephyr froze.“I thought they would have fixed that.”
“Costs extra.”Hemma shrugged.
“I know you.You are saving everything.”
“I never need to run or rush.I have found ways to move around it.”
Ekbert paused.“What are you talking about?”
Zephyr said, “They cut her tendons nearly through.If she lifts too much or moves too fast, she can snap them.It’s an invisible tether.She looks cute and moves gracefully because if she tries to burst into action, her strings get cut.”
“Thanks, Zeph,” Hemma muttered.Her brother looked horrified.
“Hem.Does it hurt?”
“No.It did, but now it’s like a persistent ache.”
Her com chirped, and Zera was there again, looking pale.“We have a compromise to offer.I got the files from Keska.Unlimited medical administered at Z-Corp, and courtship dates only.No masks.”
“Wait.What?”
“You already know what they look like and vice versa.You aren’t in danger of stalking them, and if they try to do it to you, we will scorch their dicks off.”
Zephyr leaned over.“What’s she talking about?”
“A lot of the guys I was forced to interact with want a chance to...uh...date me.”
Zera smiled.“And after you have been repaired, you will be tested for the limits of your activation, and then we can see which of them will be a match.”
