Amaranth put her chin on top of Riam’s head and sighed. She lifted one arm from Riam’s back to twist a bit of Riam’s dark brown hair between her fingers.

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>Note: My NaNo trailed off and got to 16,000 words. Not a win, but at 4000 more words than last year, IS A WIN!<

Sabine smirked to herself, and sighed. Maybe she should not have had walked tonight. She pulled her shawl even closer to her neck and head.
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Sabine walked out of the her shanty town to the cluttered main highway.  She could have taken motorized transportation to get to Amaranth’s  lab. She actually enjoyed riding the small motorcycle issued to her by the Tower when she was assigned to Leda as midwife.

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While Sabine walked back to the  Tower, Amaranth decided to look in on the children. Although, she thought, technically they were old enough to be men. Heh, nah. They were the boys and boys they will be to her always.

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Edwin left Maggie lightly sleeping in her room and walked back into the living room.

( Oh, yeah, you think you know what's coming?? )

Maggie stirred. She opened her eyes. It was dark. Her sleep schedule was whacked. She supposed she didn’t care. But she did. She wanted normal again. Normal like when Miriam really was a tiny little thing, and Sam didn’t have those creases of concern on his forehead, and she had enough energy to paint the living room yellow.

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Later, at home, Sam went to Madeline in the kitchen with a sheaf of papers.

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Maggie was tired, but she was getting ready for her big acting job. She wished that she didn’t have to be sicker to get out of here with the excuse of wanting to go home and die. But Team Maggie was right, it seemed that this way would cause the least suspicion.

( my word this sucks )

Thomas got to “Electro” the might microscope to look at the nanites swimming in Maggie’s body. He replaced the camera with his own, using his own consider able technical skills to do the switch.

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Maggie stirred in her restless slumber. Edwin came to himself  again, slightly dazed from his unexpected mind wanderings. He had been doing that a lot lately. Questioning his calling, his life purpose, wondering of the alchemy was worth a sick twin sister.

( More? Seriously? )