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back up and running. Do you remember the freaking waffle stacks they made?”
    She did indeed. Chappy’s had been one of their favorite places to go for breakfast back in Preston, but she didn’t like thinking about the places they couldn’t go to anymore. She would prefer to save those memories until after they got rid of a particular person.
    A knock sounded on the door and then Edith entered. She held a tray of fruits and a stack of flat bread. It amazed Poly everyday what the mutants were doing for her and her family. She didn’t think she could ever repay them, but she would try her whole life to.
    “Thought I heard you guys up. Brought you some breakfast,” she said with all smiles.
    “Thanks, Edith.” Lucas jumped up and rushed to help her carry the tray. He stuffed one of the flat breads in his mouth as he carried the tray to the bench under the window.
    Edith walked over to Julie. “And how’s Queen Eve this morning?” She shot a quick glance at Poly.
    Poly didn’t say anything, even though she didn’t like them calling her that. She had too much respect for Edith. The woman had lost her husband and son while protecting Poly from MM troops, and there wasn’t a day that went by where she didn’t think of Hatch and Paul.
    “Fine,” Julie said.
    “Let me hold her while you eat, dear.”
    Julie gave up Evelyn and walked to the bench buffet.
    “Look at that kid,” Lucas pointed out the window.
    A young man had his foot on the same branch that crashed down yesterday. It had almost killed Lucas. Poly took a deep breath and thought of Evelyn screaming Lucas’s name right before it happened. She’d no doubt saved his life, but it had to be a coincidence.
    Poly hung out the window, looked up and saw a kid run by, laughing and chasing after another. It felt eerily similar to the first moments she had with these people. She’d begged them not to come and then again to leave their children and caretakers behind, but they all took it as a great insult and insisted on coming. She didn’t really think she had a choice in the matter. They were going, Edith had said.
    Poly sighed. She didn’t like the idea of her daughter being part of them, yet she was. In a way, she was just as much as a mutant as the young man in the tree.
    “You should eat something.” Joey pushed a plate of food near her.
    “No thanks.” Poly crossed her arms and stared out the window.
    “You didn’t eat anything yesterday. How can you protect our daughter without the energy to stand?”
    She released her arms and took the plate. For the next ten minutes, she plucked at a few pieces of fruit. It might have been mango, or something similar. Who knew how close everything was on Ryjack.
    A light tap sounded on the door and then Kris entered the hut. He wouldn’t make eye contact with Poly and she knew that was a bad sign; something was wrong. He nodded to Edith and she walked over to him, holding Evelyn. They shared some close words before Kris looked up.
    “What’s wrong?” Lucas asked first.
    “One of our runners didn’t come back this morning.”
    Poly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her thoughts blazed with the idea of Marcus being close enough to get a runner.
    “I’m sure it’s nothing,” Edith said, but she turned to Kris and spoke quietly. He nodded and left the hut. “You guys ready to move on from this place?” Edith asked.
    “Yeah, I am,” Julie said, already folding her sheet.
    “No, no, don’t bother with this stuff, you get going ahead and we’ll take care of everything.”
    Julie finished folding the sheet and pressed the creases. “Thank you for all you do, and tell the others as well. We really appreciate it.”
    “You told me that a hundred times. Just stop it already,” Edith said.
    “You deserve it, and more.” Julie rubbed her stomach and leaned against the wall.
    “You doing okay?” Edith asked.
    “Yeah, just a bit woozy when I first get up.” She smiled and stood straight. “See?