Ko-fi thank-you sentences for kahlee; Kara gets to Earth on time and the Kents get a two-for-one special on free kids.
The aliensâ language is difficult, not in the least for the odd way their voices work, but Kara listens to Ma and Pa speak as carefully as she can and repeats everything they make a point of telling her. Their names, and their words for certain thingsââbreakfastâ is the morning meal, and then the midday meal is âlunchâ and the evening meal is âsupperâ. They donât have an afternoon meal, but sometimes thereâs âsnackâ, which comes right before bed. They have inorganic lighting in their home, but typically sleep when the sun sets and wake up when it rises, which makes sense for Laborers, she supposes.Â
Kal takes his little stuffed dog everywhere he goes, and Kara takes him everywhere she goes. Ma and Pa give her a sling so she can carry him on her back while she works, though they donât ask her to do very much work. She has to press for more, usually, or just follow them around and help wherever she can. She assumes they think sheâs more frail than she is, after the crash, but honestly, being out in the sun and doing work is the best sheâs felt since her parents pushed her into her ship. Sheâs heard how things like chores and physical labor can distract someone from grief, but itâs even more effective than she expected.Â
So of course she keeps doing it.
















