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Whoever his family is, they’re moonshiners. Purewomen. And they certainly wouldn’t be happy about such an alliance. And I, though I deeply dislike all these “aliens,” am not prepared to ruin one of them – this one in particular – at all.

– You know I don’t like it when you call yourself old, – Shar’ereen frowned.

I know.” He says it all the time, keeping his impeccable manners and perfect upbringing in mind. Though that’s a characteristic of almost every Lunnick I’ve ever met. Nana’s hubby seemed to be the only one of them from whom I’d heard swear words a couple of times. And in such combinations that sometimes it looked almost like coherent and almost harmonic speech.

Yes, in addition to being a cynical and overripe woman, I am also one of those people who do not cover their nose with a handkerchief when they hear references to the reproductive organs in strong language. And – yes, yes – sometimes I use those same words in my own speech. And what do you do when the lives of fifty innocent children who turned out to be of no use to their own parents depend on you?