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sheтАЩd found the underdeveloped calf wedged under a water

trough, but he had shown little interest in anything. Her

ClanFather would order me to cull him soon.

You cannot change the path, Natala, Ylo Irea often

said when she was young. Not so much to remind her of her

duty than to reconcile her with the reason for it.

She took a bottle of newborn formula from the warming

rack and went into the pen, and carefully lowered herself

next to the listless calf. She had scrubbed and kept him

clean so he did not stink of waste as he had when sheтАЩd

found him. Still, if he did not get up and stand on his

own soon, ground sores would start eating into his hide.

тАЬDrink.тАЭ When Green-Eye would not take the artificial

nipple in his mouth, she pushed it in and began squeezing

the sides of the bottle gently to encourage his suckling.

тАЬStubborn little one.тАЭ

Sorel leaned over the gate to watch. тАЬYou would

know.тАЭ

тАЬI am not little.тАЭ Indeed, she towered over Sorel,

and stood several inches taller than the eldest of their

ClanSiblings. After these many years in the yards, she was

also much stronger. тАЬNor am I stubborn.тАЭ
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тАЬWhat say you prove my claim wrong and attend the

Welcoming tonight?тАЭ He tried to smile and make his