Chapter 284

She didn't answer immediately but looked at me curiously. "No. That's all your own. I protect you. I protect our family."

"I'm happy that you do. We're in agreement that we need to return to the world. But I don't know when that will happen."

May heard us talking. "The Mother must know this answer. Maybe she has not told us all that she knows."

"Do you think she wouldn't help us if she could?" I asked.

"I think she is cunning," May replied.

I later asked Alexis if he had noticed that his spirits had specific traits or abilities.

"I don't know," he replied earnestly. "Perhaps I should learn more about them."

"Yeah," I said. "It's been months."

"Well, the tall one can work longer than the rest. I have to remind him to stop for a rest and to take sustenance. He just wants it finished at once. I do appreciate him. There is one with the big head—do you know the one I speak of?"

"Babe, don't call him big head. It might hurt his feelings."

"I don't call him that to his face, only b