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I guess I did. I just didn’t know

the term.

Sorry for lecturing you.

No, please. I love listening

to you talk.

Does Colibri know how

rorquals are made?

She knows. We’re not supposed

to tell them, but I did. I told

her. I told her how she was

made, how they all were made.

Like the field of wheat that’s the

same every time. Like the seeds

you spit into your palm after

chewing the sweet fruit. Our

rorquals are not wild. We made

them to be used.

How does she feel about that?

What does she feel?

Conflict. Confusion. Rage.

Insult. Resignation. Depends

on the day. This is why

we’re not supposed

to tell them.

Then why did you?

Because I tell her everything.

Why?

Because we are each other’s

survival. I can’t change how she

was made, but she was placed