Chapter Nineteen
When the sound from the broadcast stopped, it became very quiet in the room.
Everyone who had come in to watch was looking at me, as if I had the answers.
Well, I knew what we should do, I thought, I hoped. But whether it would provide any answers remained to be seen.
Children had a perfect sensor for when something important was up. We had put them all to bed, but the older ones were all standing at the door. Nalya, Larrana and Vanessa’s son and some other kids. Of course, the Pengali were also there. Jaki, because he looked after all these kids, and Ynggi and the kids themselves, watching with wide eyes.
No one moved to send them back to their room.
In Coldi society, kids were absolutely expected to be part of important decision-making processes.
I got up from the
