Chapter 559
The pad Kennedy had sent was truly like she had said, an encyclopedia. I sat
and read to the men and we learned about the world beyond the mountains.
When we Left this compound for good we would know what dangers we faced.
It was important we all be strong. When we weren't reading, we were in the
stadium practicing with Bane’s son and his family. My skill with the wooden staffs
grew as Bane’s son and that family graduated to a metal blade on schedule three
cycles of the large moon after we left the cabin.
The boys knew something was afoot, but seemed to accept Damien's insistence
they could not know right now. They trusted their new family and just allowed us
to push them to be powerful. The young men worked as hard as Damien wanted
and the fruit of their labor was telling.
The boys were strong and fierce. We soon determined they were loyal to us as
well. The stories Damien's family told them never left their mouths. They were as
honorable as men should be.
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In the midst of our training the men finally decided on a group of men to free.
Damien invited them to dinner one night having decided it was time to really talk
with them. The men filed in and greeted Damien politely. Everyone was
becoming used to my looking around, so there were no comments about that.
We sat and had our meal as Evan asked the men what they thought about
things. At first they were quiet and kept to themselves, but Evan's persistence got
to them. The men weren't happy, the way they were forced with the women
irritated them. These men had often thought of escape.
Evan knew that. He remembered these men saying things, wondering if the world
beyond the mountains was dominated by the women. In the past the General
had harshly rebuked them for their complaints and questions.
The wicked grin Lit the faces of my family and I knew what was coming. We had
found the first family to escape this place. Arnold and his Brothers would not be
slaves to the women once we were done with them.
We wanted Arnold's family to be ready for the world beyond the mountains. We
spent the next moon surreptitiously passing them information. I was restless and
anxious the whole time we trained the men to leave. The root became a constant
in my diet. Damien even went to the trouble of having the fizzy drink made again.
1 took it twice a day as I had before and it controlled the constant rolling in my
stomach.
The decision about how and when to leave would be made by Hannah's Elder
Women and the orders left for us on the pad Kennedy had given me. Hannah
would send us the messages pertinent to this escape. I cringed the day she sent
the instructions and the plan.
Arnold's family was to go on their patrol as usual. Once they were at a certain
point, they should wait. Men would approach them and say Hannah's name. The
Warriors were instructed to do as the new men told them.
When Arnold's family disappeared it sent the General into a rage. The men
Damien chose were powerful Warriors. It wasn't clear what had happened to
them. The compound was on Lockdown for five day cycles after they
disappeared. Damien assumed the women were scouring the desert looking for
them.
I worried that we would be caught, but the Brothers did not think so. My men had
been cautious to only speak to Arnold's family in places where it would not be
obvious. When they patrolled the road, those men met them and they talked.
Very rarely did we see them at the bathhouse or in our rooms. The goal was that
the women would never realize it was Damien who had set them up to leave.
Kennedy's pad was a constant in the house. The one I had previously used from
the Keepers was left there permanently. I never brought it home anymore. I sent
messages to my daughters and every so often received one back. They were
busy and I relished the little communications.
We were rarely able to use the pad Like a videophone. When the girls were in
the mountains, which was normal, it would not work. They had to be at a place
this side of the mountains to contact my pad that way. It was always marvelous
when one of those times occurred and I was able to talk to them. But, I still Loved
to get the little notes from my girls. It made it possible for me to survive the not
seeing them all this time.
It was a surprise as I wrote a note to Kennedy one evening that the pad flashed
up at me. There was a new message from Hannah. I called excitedly to Damien
as I called it up.
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The message wasn't really from
Hannah, but it was under her
account. The message was written in
Paterian and it was fd Anta and
his Brothers They had escaped and
were now living in a free society
beyond the mountains. Hannah had
allowed them access to the way she
contacted me so they could thank
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Arnold and his Brothers were amazed at the new life. There was so much they
didn’t know and so many new things they had to do. It made the regimented life
at the compound seem easy in comparison.
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now they'd taken for granted in the
compound. They had to help grow
their own food or ie in [rapping it
every day Water was t'piped in
Lei had been at the compound.
They were helping to install that
system. Creatures attacked the
settlement if they saw an
opportunity, so everyone had to be
vigilant. Women patrolled and stood
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“Still, we are pleased,” Arnold wrote.
“We are free men here. When we wish to be with a female we find willing
partners. If we do not wish their attention, they leave us be. It is harder work just
living, but we would not trade it. We are free, cousins, and we thank you.”
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Damien and his Brothers re-read the
message several times. Each of them
read it themselves and they gassed
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the padharéuind ooking at it. It was
obvious what they felt, pride. After all
this time, they had finally saved a
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