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would make sense of this.
         She blushes and bites her lip. I’ve never understood girls at the best of times, and Arys isn’t a normal girl, making reading her a lot harder.
         ‘When I was younger,’ she says finally, breaking the silence. ‘I had regular dreams of my sister. I have one real memory of her, but all my other memories of her are in dreams. I don’t know her fate, but from a young age, I decided that if I ever have children, my first girl will be named after my sister. Perhaps this is a vision? I mean, Papa is always talking about visions.’
         I try to imagine this world where Arys and I have a baby. But that also means that the Tribe is slaughtered by Hunters, and I try not to think of the possibility of either situations.
         ‘I don’t know, maybe it was just a dream,’ I say to her sadly and stand up. She joins me as we begin to pack up our few supplies. We’ve definitely been out longer than an hour, and by the position of the moon, I figure that it’s definitely past midnight. The Tribe would have already eaten the deer that Malc and Reggie took back, and if we stay out much longer, Papa might send search parties out to us, or worse, Hunters might find us first.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Arys
     
    This is like a dream in and of itself, Kai talking about our baby. Maybe it really is a vision and he will one day love me as I love him. I think back to earlier, when he cuddled me, and there was a brief moment when he brushed his hand against my face.
         The little food we have left is carried in our pockets.
         ‘We had better get back to camp before they send out a search party,’ Kai says, shrugging his stained hoodie on.
         I really want to stay with him here at the lake, but I agree to leave as soon as possible.
         The hike back is worse than the hike here. We decide to take a different route back, in fear of an ambush due to the sound of the deer potentially drawing Hunters towards us. The muddier route, due to a waterfall, alongside the guilt of getting back into camp empty handed makes the return trip exhausting. Kai offers me his hand and we cross the muddy paths hand in hand. I think of this action as one of affection, rather than the truth of it being that he’s only doing this for protection still. Our Tribe has a rule in which when we reach eighteen, we’re all to marry someone chosen by Papa. We get no choice in this. Papa has already chosen someone for me who I am to marry when I’m eighteen, as does Kai. Iris is Kai’s future wife. She’s tall and slender, and a healthy weight. Unlike me, who is too thin. She is pretty, no doubt. With clean, pale skin and long dark brown, wavy hair, almost black. Her eyes are bright blue. I’m to be with Zeke, Kai’s older brother. Zeke is similar to Kai in appearance, but the similarities stop there. He’s heavier built, and attracts the attention of most of the girls in camp, including Iris. Papa doesn’t believe in Old World love anymore; only the type of love in this world.
         We make it through the slippery section of our chosen path and Kai instantly releases my hand.
         ‘Kai?’ I ask when we start walking steadily again.
         ‘Yeah?’ he responds, slowing down and looking at me.
         ‘We know Papa has chosen us to be married to other people within two years, and for you, possibly even less. Do you think that by then, we’d still be hunting together?’
         He looks at me and suddenly he pulls me to himself and we’re kissing. My arms go up around his neck as he grasps my waist and pulls me closer. We stay kissing for several long moments, the waterfall rushing behind us, and I know that the moment will have to end soon.
     
    As we continue our hike back to the camp, we hold hands again and I have given up needing an excuse to. I know what we did is forbidden and