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"Yeah." She thinks.

"Usually, it's about nine months. Did you...get pregnant here or before you came here?"

Quickly: "Before."

She's very sure about that much, anyway. And red-faced again.

"So...how long have you been here?"

She ignores the blushing. They're both women!

She scratches her head. "Umm... I dunno... It was just gettin' t'be spring, I think."

Angela thinks. "You could be six months along, then. Something like that. So...maybe you have three or four months left."

"Really?! Oh, man... auuuggh..."

Her face scrunches. "That'll be in winter, too! No way!"

Angela gives her a sympathetic look. "'Fraid so. Do you have stuff for the baby yet?"

eep.

"...I need stuff for it?!"

"Um. Clothing, blankets, diapers?"

At least that much!

"A crib?"

Sonia's face is full of horrified realization.

"That much?!"

"Sonya, it's a little person. He or she is going to need clothes."

Even medieval kids had clothes!

"I'll help you find things," she says. "If you like."

"y-yeah..." Definitely shaken up.

"Oh, man..."

"It'll be okay. You can always ask Mel for hand-me-downs from her kids too. I'll bet she has a crib or something."

"Y- y'think so? Man... I just don't know anything about this..."

I hope I don't end up killin' it or nothin'.

"But there are others here who do. And me, I at least took care of my little brother when he was born, if nothing else. I'm not living here on the Farm anymore, but I'm here all the time anyway."

"Really?"

This is getting dangerously mushy and her eyes feel like they want to prickle, so, SUBJECT CHANGE!

"Where're you now?"

"Oh, down the road a little ways. My boyfriend and I wanted to have a place we could call ours, you know?"

Nod.

Sigh. "Lucky for y'all. Sounds nice."

"It is pretty nice. It's not huge but it's a nice place, and I think we'll be comfortable there this winter."

She hopes. She's a California girl and doesn't much like the cold.

"Long as y'got enough firewood."

She frowns. "Ain't a lot o' trees, so y'better get workin', I figure."

"Yeah, we've got a good bit laid away already." She grins. "Also, turns out the owner was big on solar energy so we've got that, too."

"Big on wha?"

"Solar energy...energy created by the sun." Her brow furrows. "There's panels on the roof that take the sun's heat and store it...for things like heating water and warming the house...or for generating electricity. It's kind of neat, actually."

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"So, you can keep the sun's warmth? Like even at night?" Because that sounds awesome.

"Yeah, that's pretty much it!"

It is awesome. They were lucky to find that house.