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Beyond My Knowing, chapter 32

”She works with Caya for Garlis, the baker.” Artem spoke up. ”She came here with her brother from Tharstis looking for work a while ago.” Tharstis being a moon one star system away that Anara knew of but had never been to.
”Truly?” Miteza spoke up, puzzled. ”I’ve… never seen her there, only Caya.” She should know this, Miteza thought, again feeling inadequate as a mother for her daughter.
”She helps him bake the bread, so she works in the back of the shop from before dawn to midmornings.” Artem explained. ”I think that Garlis wants to marry his son, Kaylin, to one of them when they both come of age. Thalla told me it would be Caya, because there seems to be a mutual interest there between them.”
Miteza looked down at her hands.
”Sister?” Anara asked Miteza gently.
Miteza looked up towards the kitchen. ”Does… Is there a boy Thalla likes, do you know? Is that… what her secrecy is about?” She asked Artem. If there were, could she take her away from him? Would Thalla want to go?
Artem shrugged. ”If so, I’ve seen no sign of it.” He admitted.
Miteza let out a breath, unsure if that was a good thing or not. She wanted her daughter to have a family and to prosper, but… the idea of her married to someone like Tulk, or someone worse, it worked a knot of fear inside her worse than any other. If she hadn’t been able to tell what Tulk was really like before she’d chosen to marry him, how could she expect Thalla to be able to? She looked up to Anara then. ”If it’s the way where we’re going for her to take a female as her wife, would that mean… Would it mean my daughter could never have a child?” She asked, worried and very much not wanting to give her daughter that fate either. But, at the same time, wouldn’t it be less of a risk of a bad result if Thalla married another female instead of a male? ”I know you said it wouldn’t be required to pair that way, but if it’s the thing everyone around her does, she’d be likely to choose that for herself as well, wouldn’t she?”
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MITEZA has trouble showing affection and watching the interaction between KES/ANARA is puzzling to her since she only knew her husband but yet she ponders if being with a woman is expected of her or THALLA. ARTEM/KES need to find his sister and leave not wait until its too late and all is lost.