Power Play - Anne McCaffrey [120]
By the time the afterbirth had been expelled, Yana was able to emerge from the water, flat-bellied and lithe again.
Holding both arms out in gratitude, she thanked Petaybee, her words coming out almost as a latchkay song:
“Thank you for the birthing. It was painless.
Thank you for my strong son and my fine daughter.
Thank you for their changing.
Thank you for everything.”
“You are welcome, Yanaba. You are welcome.”
Yana couldn’t help grinning. Twice welcome for bearing twins? This planet moved in mysterious ways— and what had it in mind for her children?
“Welcome!”
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Curious, ’Cita watched the newcomers climb out of the shuttle. All of them were much too warmly dressed in layers and layers of fur and down, mittens, boots, coats, mufflers, and hats.
One of them pointed at ’Cita. “There’s one! An aboriginal Petaybean!” He slogged forward while the others hung back. “You there! You are an indigenous native of this glorious being upon which we stand?”
“Well,” ’Cita began, “I guess so.”
The man’s nervous smile broadened into a wide grin and he beckoned to his companions. “She is! Come along, it’s all right.”
“Brother Shale, you’ve been too hasty, as usual, and frightened her.” The speaker pulled back her hood to reveal a shaven head. She stuck out a hand. “Hello, honey. I’m Sister Igneous Rock. Take us to your leader.”
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Copyright © 1995 by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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