It was hard to believe that it was almost December again, that almost a year had passed since he had become a Twelve.
He smiled as he watched the newchild plant one small foot carefully before the other, grinning with glee at his own steps as he tried them out.
“I want to get to sleep early tonight,” Father said. “Tomorrow’s a busy day for me.
The twins are being born tomorrow, and the test results show that they’re identical.”
“One for here, one for Elsewhere,” Lily chanted. “One for here, one for Else—”
“Do you actually take it Elsewhere, Father?” Jonas asked.
“No, I just have to make the selection. I weigh them, hand the larger over to a Nurturer who’s standing by, waiting,
and then I get the smaller one all cleaned up and comfy. Then I perform a small Ceremony of Release and—” He glanced down, grinning at Gabriel.
“Then I wave bye-bye,” he said, in the special sweet voice he used when he spoke to the newchild.
He waved his hand in the familiar gesture. Gabriel giggled and waved bye-bye back to him.
“And somebody else comes to get him? Somebody from Elsewhere?”
“That’s right, Jonas-bonus.” Jonas rolled his eyes in embarrassment that his father had used the silly pet name.
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