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“Show me what you’re doing,” I said, purposely moving closer to Linette as Kelsey went back to her spot.
“It looks like you’re doing great with the cows.”
“Ms. Linette taught me.”
I nodded. “Show me how you do it.” Following her over to the cow gave me a better vantage point of the guard, with Linette right behind me. “Oh, very good!” Kelsey leaned her tiny body forward and pulled down, squirting a thin stream of white into the bucket. I leaned to the side and whispered from the corner of my mouth. “Master vessels coming in two days.”
Just as before, Linette continued like she hadn’t heard me. A second later she whispered back, “Be ready tonight. By morning.”
Be ready tonight? For what? Were the people of Primo Town planning an uprising? My stomach turned at the thought. Then she said more.
“Get a weapon and get out of that building. I mean it.Get out.”
Holy crap.
“Ms. Remy, look how much!” Kelsey tipped her bucket to show several inches of milk, and I made an affirmative sound, too distracted to look.
“Ten minutes have passed.” The guard stomped forward a few steps and used her gun to signal me to get up.
I stood. “Good bye,” I said.
Kelsey gave me a sad look and slunk into the stool. My heart would have broken about leaving her again, if my mind wasn’t reeling.
Get a weapon. . . but how?
Get out of that building. . . well, he did say I was to come back to Primo Town. I could make this happen.
I knew Linette, though, and she didn’t do things small. Whatever was coming was huge, and the last thing I wanted was to be stuck in that building when it happened.
