“Come on, Trelon. You won’t let me do anything!” Cara complained later that day. “At least let me go hang out with Abby while you are in your meeting.”
“What do you mean by hanging out?” Trelon asked suspiciously.
He was exhausted! He was doing his best to stay one step ahead of Cara, and it seemed like he was always four steps behind before he realized she was even gone!
The only time he could catch her was when she was sick in the cleansing unit. Even then, she tried to kick him out. When he wouldn’t go, she would call him every new name she had learned since coming to Valdier and a few from Earth that he had to ask Trisha what they meant. After discovering the meaning of the words, he stopped asking and just understood sometimes it was better to not know. His symbiot wasn’t in much b
