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The Cost to Be Wise
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The Cost to Be Wise
Veronique stayed with me that night , lying next to me in my blankets and furs .
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Veronique stayed with me that night, lying next to me in my blankets and furs.
She didn't sleep , I don't think .
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She didn't sleep, I don't think.
I was listening to her breath .
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I was listening to her breath.
I felt as if I should help her sleep .
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I felt as if I should help her sleep.
I lay there and tried to think if I should put my arm around her , but I didn't know .
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I lay there and tried to think if I should put my arm around her, but I didn't know.
Maybe she didn't want to be touched .
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Maybe she didn't want to be touched.
And she had been a stupid girl , anyway .
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And she had been a stupid girl, anyway.
She lay tense in the dark .
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She lay tense in the dark.
' Are you going to be a teacher ? ' I asked .
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'Are you going to be a teacher?' I asked.
She laughed .
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She laughed.
' If I get out of here . '
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'If I get out of here.'
I waited for her to say more , but she didn't .
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I waited for her to say more, but she didn't.
' Get out of here ' meant to make someone leave .
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'Get out of here' meant to make someone leave.
Maybe she meant if she made herself .
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Maybe she meant if she made herself.
' You come here from Earth ? ' I asked .
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'You come here from Earth?' I asked.
To get her to talk , although I was tired of lingua and I didn't really want to think about anything .
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To get her to talk, although I was tired of lingua and I didn't really want to think about anything.
' My family came here from Earth , ' she said .
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'My family came here from Earth,' she said.
' Why ? '
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'Why?'
' My father , he's an anthropologist , ' she said .
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'My father, he's an anthropologist,' she said.
' Do you know anthropologist ? '
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'Do you know anthropologist?'
' No , ' I said .
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'No,' I said.
' He is a person who studies the way people live .
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'He is a person who studies the way people live.
And he is a teacher . '
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And he is a teacher.'
All the offworlders I had ever met were teachers .
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All the offworlders I had ever met were teachers.
I wondered who did all the work on Earth .
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I wondered who did all the work on Earth.
' Because Earth had lost touch with your world , the people here are very interesting to my father , ' she said .
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'Because Earth had lost touch with your world, the people here are very interesting to my father,' she said.
Her voice was listless in the dark and she was even harder to understand when I couldn't see her properly .
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Her voice was listless in the dark and she was even harder to understand when I couldn't see her properly.
I didn't understand so I didn't say anything .
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I didn't understand so I didn't say anything.
I was sorry I'd started her talking .
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I was sorry I'd started her talking.
' History , do you know the word ' history ' ? ' she asked .
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'History, do you know the word ' history '?' she asked.
Of course I knew the word ' history . '
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Of course I knew the word 'history.'
' I study history in school , ' I said .
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'I study history in school,' I said.
Anneal and Kumar taught it .
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Anneal and Kumar taught it.
' Do you know the history of this world ? '
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'Do you know the history of this world?'
It took my tired head a long time to sort that out .
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It took my tired head a long time to sort that out.
' Yes , ' I said .
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'Yes,' I said.
' We are a colony .
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'We are a colony.
People from Earth come here to live .
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People from Earth come here to live.
Then there is a big problem on Earth , and the people of Earth forget we are here .
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Then there is a big problem on Earth, and the people of Earth forget we are here.
We forget we are from Earth .
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We forget we are from Earth.
Then Earth finds us again . '
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Then Earth finds us again.'
' Some people have stories about coming from the Earth , ' Veronique said .
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'Some people have stories about coming from the Earth,' Veronique said.
' My father is collecting those stories from different peoples .
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'My father is collecting those stories from different peoples.
I'm a graduate student . '
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I'm a graduate student.'
The clans didn't have any stories about coming from Earth .
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The clans didn't have any stories about coming from Earth.
We said the first people came out of the sun .
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We said the first people came out of the sun.
This somehow seemed embarrassing .
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This somehow seemed embarrassing.
I didn't understand what kind of student she was .
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I didn't understand what kind of student she was.
' Are you here for stories ? ' I asked .
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'Are you here for stories?' I asked.
' No , ' she said .
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'No,' she said.
' Ian is old friends with your teacher , from back when they were both with the survey .
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'Ian is old friends with your teacher, from back when they were both with the survey.
We just came to visit . '
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We just came to visit.'
I didn't understand what she'd said except that they were visiting .
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I didn't understand what she'd said except that they were visiting.
We were quiet after that .
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We were quiet after that.
I pretended to sleep .
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I pretended to sleep.
Sometimes there was gunfire outside and we jumped , even Mam on the bed .
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Sometimes there was gunfire outside and we jumped, even Mam on the bed.
Everyone but Bet .
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Everyone but Bet.
Once Bet was asleep it was impossible to wake her up .
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Once Bet was asleep it was impossible to wake her up.
I fell asleep thinking about how I wished that the Scathalos outrunners were gone .
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I fell asleep thinking about how I wished that the Scathalos outrunners were gone.
I dreamed that I was at the offworlder's home , where it was summer but no one was taking care of the stabros , and they were all glad , and so I was a hero - and I was startled awake by gunfire .
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I dreamed that I was at the offworlder's home, where it was summer but no one was taking care of the stabros, and they were all glad, and so I was a hero - and I was startled awake by gunfire.
Just more drinking and shooting .
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Just more drinking and shooting.
I wished my da would come home .
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I wished my da would come home.
It didn't seem fair that we should lie here and be afraid while the men were getting drunk and singing .
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It didn't seem fair that we should lie here and be afraid while the men were getting drunk and singing.
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