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@@@@@He didn't participate; he just sat thoughtfully in the back of the room, occasionally grinning He was right about the entertainment factor; oddly, for we all had legs, the situation reminded me of the See WeedsThere had been a special title for entertainers there, likeComforter orHealer orSeekerI was one of theStorytellers, so the transition to a teacher here on Earth had not been such a change, profession-wise, at leastIt was much the same in the kitchen after dark, with the smell of smoke and baking bread filling the roomEveryone was stuck here, as good as plantedMy stories were something new, something to think about besides the usual?the same endlessly repeated sweaty chores, the same thirty-five faces, the same memories of other faces that brought the same grief with them, the same fear and the same despair that had long been familiar companionsAnd so the kitchen was always full for my casual lessons Only Sharon and Maggie were conspicuously and consistently absent I was in about my fourth week as an informal teacher when life in the caves changed again The kitchen was crowded, as was usualJeb and Doc were the only ones missing besides the normal twoOn the counter next to me was a metal tray of dark, doughy rolls, swollen to twice the size they'd started atThey were ready for the oven, as soon as the current tray was done Trudy checked every few minutes to make sure nothing was burning Often, I tried to get Jamie to talk for me when he knew the story wellI liked to watch the enthusiasm light up his face, and the way he used his hands to draw pictures in the airTonight, Heidi wanted to know more about the Dolphins, so I asked Jamie to answer her questions as well as he could The humans always spoke with sadness when they asked about our newest acquisitionThey saw the Dolphins as mirrors of themselves in the first years of the occupationHeidi's dark eyes, disconcerting underneath her fringe of white-blond hair, were tight with sympathy as she asked her questions ?They look more like huge dragonflies than fish, right, Wanda?? Jamie almost always asked for corroboration, though he never waited for my answer?They're all leathery, though, with three, four, or five sets of wings, depending on how old they are, right? So they kind of fly through the water?it's lighter than water here, less denseThey have five, seven, or nine legs, depending on which gender they are, right, Wanda? They have three different gendersThey have really long hands with tough, strong fingers that can build all kinds of th