Chapter 16
Jabari's tone, which was deliberately light, puzzled Isika. He hadn't asked such a strange question; he knew that Workers were normally white-skinned, so it was natural that he would wonder how they got to the village. Why was he being so careful about asking it?
"We came from the desert," she said, "when I was seven years old and my mother was pregnant with Ibba. We walked in the desert for many months, looking for somewhere to live, I think. My mother was very tired of walking, and she always had to carry our sister."
Jabari did a double take. "Your sister? Wait, you said your mother was pregnant with Ibba—you have another sister? Where is she?"
"She… she was sent out four years ago." Knowing how angry he became when they talked about the sending, she was reluctant to say
