Thayu shot me a sharp look. I might have pulled a face had Kando Luczon not been with us. Seriously, it was not my idea to discuss the subject of Coldi fertility in the company of a couple of Coldi people and speak over their heads, all right? We’d arrived on the platform where a good number of people stood or sat on benches. The train was yet to arrive, but a screen on the wall showed that it was not far off. We waited. I talked a bit about the location of the dig site, to fill the awkward silence between us. It was talk for the sake of talk. He would have read all of this already. He would probably tell me so soon, to shut me up. Tayron had asked me two days ago why we talked so much, but I couldn’t go out with a bunch of companions who said absolutely nothing to each other. Coldi did