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2774 A.D./P.E.D… Five years later, Dulsar… “Skyler, I cannot have this discussion with you right now,” Kiersten attempted, and failed, to keep the exasperation from her voice.
Keelan, now four, was demanding that he be allowed into the garden on his own, while the twin girls, Lucy and Dahlia, who just turned one, were clamoring at Kiersten’s feet for attention. Aiden was off-planet at the High Council Chambers, so she was the only parent to these four.
“Why don’t I just take an early recess until Aiden returns? If the two of you are certain, then I’ll return to class. It’s not like I won’t be able to catch up,” Skyler said with a shrug.
Gathering up Lucy in one arm, then taking Dahlia around the middle to heft the child to her other hip, Kiersten walked towards the table where she h
