#34: Breakfast

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As it happened ‘breakfast’ was served late. There were certain logistical issues that had to be overcome first. Eating utensils for example. Plates, bowls and mugs to be specific.

Breakfast was a picnic. People of all shapes and sizes would file past the cooking fires with plates in hand. Some of the plates were ‘make do’ and make shift since there weren’t enough to go around. Everyone shared. When loaded down with sufficient grubb everyone would find a place to sit down or lay down (depending on morphology) and eat.

There wasn’t enough of any utensil to go around. Sharing was required. Sharing of plates, eating utensils, and cups. Yesterday’s combat and today’s blood brother procedure had formed many instant companionships. Sharing a coffee mug, a plate, or a fork just didn’t seem like a big deal.

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It turned out that everyone loved coffee. The coffee supply was doomed. Hobbs and Halsey hoped that it grew locally.

After a "breakfast" that took half the long Mesa morning was gone. Lamar and the 'command group' consisting of the Texan and Kraki, First Sergeant Halsey his companion Minaiwen, Sgt. Hobbs and Kara , the other Platoon Sergeants and their companions and now Herjar returned to the wall and stood gazing out over the distant forest. It was quite a number who stood there gazing out over the countryside.

"I wonder what's out there" said the Texan.

"I do too” replied Kraki. “we all do”

The Texan looked at the young BearRider with Gimlet eyes and said."You don’t know? This is your world."

"I don’t know, " said Kraki “ this is the first time I’ve left the Ark. I just know what the caretaker said that the other’s said before they left. I hadn’t been decanted yet..”

" Others?" said the Texan inquisitively.

"Yup… Others. Almost everyone left a long time ago. We’ve been wondering when they would get back. All the adults are gone. There was no one left in the Ark except for us, the new babies, and some really old people. Even the Elders have gone. “

The Texan was looking at the young kindred intently.

“Everyone left? You are a Child? How young? Ark? Elders?"

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