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A touch on Leti’s arm brought her attention back to the room. “Can you give me a hand?” Bayla was speaking to her. The females—Zandian and human alike—were playing with the children gathered in the Great Hall.
She gave herself a shake. “I’m sorry—with what?”
“In the lab. I want to check on the baby.”
Great, another place to remind her of Paal’s scorn. But she needed something to do, so she agreed. “Sure, of course.”
She and Bayla headed to the lab where Bayla turned on pieces of medical equipment. One whirred to life next to the table, projecting a blank hologram.
Bayla hopped up on the table and handed a small hand-held instrument to Leti. “Just bring it slowly over my belly,” she instructed.
Leti complied, and the blank hologram turned into a projection, flickered and transforme
