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expressions would matchHe was the master of the poker face
?Iam female,? I complained?That 'it' business is really getting on my nerves
Jared blinked in surpriseThen his face settled back into harder lines?Because of the body you
wear??
Wes glared at him
?Because ofme, ? I hissed
?By whose definition??
?How about by yours? In my species, I am the one that bears youngIs that not female enough
for you??
That stopped him short
As you should,Melanie louis vuitton vienna bag approvede's wrong, and he's being a pig about it
We girls have to stick together
?That's a story you've never told us,? Wes murmured, while Jared struggled for a rebuttal
?How does that work??
Wes's olive-toned face darkened, as if he'd just realized he had spoken the words out loud?I
mean, I guess you don't have to answer that, if I'm being rudeMy mood was swinging around wildly, out of controlSlaphappy, like Mel had said
?No, you're not asking anything? inappropriateWe don't have such a complicated? elaborate
setup see by chloe bag as your species I laughed again, and then felt warmth in my faceI remembered only too
clearly how elaborate it could be
Get your mind out of the gutter
It's your mind,I reminded her?There are only a few of us who are? MothersThat's what they call
us, but it's just the potential to be one?? I was sober again, thinking of itThere were no
Mothers, no surviving Mothers, only the memories of them
?You have thatpotential? ? Jared asked stiffly
I knew the others were listeningEven Doc had paused in the act of replica gucci g watch putting his ear to Kyle's
chest
I didn't answer his question?We're? a little like your hives of bees, or your antsMany, many
sexless members of the family, and then the queen??
?Queen?? Wes repeated, looking at me with a strange expressionBut there is only one Mother for every five, ten thousand of my kindThere's no hard-and-fast rule
?How many drones?? Wes wondered
?Oh, no?there aren't dronesNo, I told you, it's simpler than that
They waited for me to explainI shouldn't have brought this upI didn't want tiffany jewelry replica to
talk about it anymoreWas it really such a big thing to have Jared call me ?it??
They still waitedI frowned, but then I spokeEvery?
cell, I guess you could call it, though our structure isn't the same as yours, becomes a new soul
Each new soul has a little of the Mother's memory, a piece of her that remains
?How many cells?? Doc asked, curious?How many young??
I shrugged
The eyes that I could see widened, looked a little wilderI tried not to feel hurt when Wes
cringed away from me
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