In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 138):

"Never said anything about goats," Sileas stated groggily before laying her head back down on her sack.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 137):

"I'll just get sick if I try to eat."

In reply to Sileas (msg # 139):

"Oh." Yehudit swished the water with her foot.

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 140):

"You have to try, Ais." Liadan said stubbornly.

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 141):

"How's your ankle?" Sileas mumbled, yet the words were clear this time.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 142):

"Are you in the mood for me to vomit all over you?" Aislyn asked, equally stubborn.

In reply to Sileas (msg # 143):

"It's fine." Yehudit said. She looked at her father as if waiting for him to leave.

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 144):

"I'll find you a bowl." Liadan said.

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 145):



Aron knew he was fussing but he couldn't help it. The trek from the village had to have been strenuous and affected her ankle. He caught his daughter's look, smiled and walked to the other side of the room.

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 146):

"No, I'll be fine if I don't eat," Aislyn replied.

In reply to Aron Buckley (msg # 147):

Yehudit waited for her father to get out of earshot, then turned back to Sileas.

"Did you ever wonder if maybe I shouldn't exist?" Yehudt asked.

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 148):

"No you will starve and waste away to nothing but bones and make me look fat." Liadan said huffily. "You are going to eat something, Aislyn."

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 149):

Sileas rolled over with a sigh, careful to keep her animal out of sight. Obviously she wasn't to get any sleep either. "No, I've never wondered if you should exist. We are here, so we should indeed exist."

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 150):

Aislyn glared at Lia. "You only ever think about food. Food is not going to bring my children back."

In reply to Sileas (msg # 151):

"Your mother was a prostitute and I guess those women get pregnant all the time." Yehudit said. "But my mother... well she was in love and engaged, if she was going to get pregnant it should've been with Papa. But instead it was one of Galina's men, momzers following a demon. It never should have happened and I shouldn't exist." Yehudit's voice got shaky.

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 152):

"No, but it will keep you here for the children you have left." Liadan said. "Millie and Lek need you, especially Millie."

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 153):

Sileas frowned. "Well if we're going to use that logic, my mother lay with one of Galina's men too. So I shouldn't exist either. Your parents were meant to have you, you just might have been a little younger or looked a little different, but you would exist."

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 154):

"I wish I would have married a decent man who wouldn't have hurt his family this way," Aislyn said testily. "I will eat when I'm ready."

In reply to Sileas (msg # 155):

Yehudit shook her head. "Half of me is one of those momzers."

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 156):

"You're the only parent your children have." Liadan glared. "You'll eat when the food is ready."

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 157):

"So is half of me. And half of me was she who gave birth to me. At least you had one good natural parent. I'm bad to the core, and that's why bad things keep happening to those around me."

In reply to Liadan Buckley (msg # 158):

"I will eat when my stomach can handle it, Liadan," Aislyn half shouted.

In reply to Sileas (msg # 159):

Yehudit sighed. "Ertzel should have been my mother's first."

"Nonsense. You still would have been first," Sileas pointed out.

In reply to Aislyn (msg # 160):

"YOU WILL EAT EVEN IF I HAVE TO SHOVE FOOD DOWN YOUR *$(@ THROAT!" Liadan was full out screaming at Aislyn now.