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strange."
    "Would she tie me the way she tied you?"
    "No!" Maya said firmly. "I'd kill her, and she knows it."
    "Omie says you aren't a very good warrior."
    "I'm a horrible warrior," Maya said. "I am, however, smarter than Nori is."
    I laughed.
    "And she has to sleep sometime."
    I laughed again.
    "Beria, you know you'd have to do anything Omie told you to do." I nodded. "Or anything I told you to do, but you're used to that." I nodded again. "And you would have to treat Queen Malora and Nori like you do Juna now."
    I smiled. "I'm trying to wonder how scary Juna would be if she had a big sword instead of a cane."
    Maya returned my smile. "It is difficult to imagine Juna any scarier than she already is."
    I glanced over at Omie and saw her watching me.
    "She would treat you very well, Beria, but you need to be sure."
    "Mother forbade me from going."
    "It's not Mother's decision," Maya said, quietly but with conviction. Maya taught me that word, too. "Beria, it is your decision."
    "And Omie's?"
    "It is Omie's whether she wants you as her companion, but if she does not, there are other warriors who would love to have you."
    "Do you think she does?" I asked Maya. "Want me as her companion?"
    Maya looked over her shoulder then back at me. "Without question." She turned back to me. "She would be a very good warrior for you."
    "My decision?" I asked her.
    "Yes. Do you want my advice?"
    "Yes!" I said firmly. "Um. Maya, I hate the new schoolteacher. She's mean."
    Maya looked at me sadly. "I'm sorry."
    "It's not your fault."
    "Beria, is that why you're thinking about this?"
    I looked down.
    "The truth, honey," Maya said gently.
    "A little. Would you make me go to school?"
    "I would offer to teach you the things you haven't learned yet and strongly encourage you to accept, but that would also be your choice, and perhaps Omie's as well. But you would have a great many other things to learn instead."
    I looked back at my sister and realized she was looking up at me instead of down at me. The thought made me smile. "You were going to give me advice?"
    "This is a big decision, Beria," Maya said. "If you are seriously considering it, then you should spend more time with Omie. Ask her to show you what it's like to be an Amazon, as best she can. She can stay here for a few days. You can camp out with her, and then when the rest of us come back, maybe you'll have decided. Maybe you'll want to talk more with me. If you don't think you like Omie, I can introduce you to some of the other warriors, the ones I think might suit you."
    "What do you want me to do, Maya?"
    "Oh honey, don't ask me that."
    "Why not?"
    "This is your decision."
    "I am asking."
    "Honey, I miss you so much. I want you to come, and I want Omie to have a companion. I can't imagine a better fit for either of you. But it's your life, not mine."
    "You're treating me like an adult."
    "How do you feel about that?"
    I smiled. "I like it."
    "Honey, I wouldn't let you make a mistake. You know that."
    "I'm going to ask Omie to show me, then," I said. "Will you tell Mom and Dad for me?"
    "I'll handle them, honey," I replied. "I'll send Omie to you now, but if you want to talk more, you know where to find me."
    She hugged me quickly, then stepped away, speaking quietly into Omie's ear before sitting back down next to the queen. A moment later, Omie stood in front of me.
    "Would you like to get some fresh air?" she asked.
    "I'd like you to teach me what it's like to be an Amazon, Omie. If you want to."
    She smiled broadly. "I would love to, Beria." She took my hand, but I was the one who led us outside.
    It was quieter outside, and I didn't have talk so loudly for her to hear me. "Do we have to stay here?" I asked her.
    "We can go wherever you like," she replied.
    "Have you see n the ocean at night?"
    "I've never seen the ocean at all, except what we could see this afternoon. It was beautiful."
    "Come on." I grabbed her arm and tugged, but then I said, "You can hold me if you want to." So