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[prolonged silence]
"So Rema, how long have you been working for Lady Naimar?"
"Hmm? Oh, since I came of age. You know how familial obligations can be."
"Familial-?"
"Why, yes! Lady Naimar is my mother. Did you not know?"
"Your mother!"
"As Tarla is hers."
"The witch? But... the way Naimar treats her... and you!"
[laughter]
"Aquainians see one another as competition, not kin. In her life, a successful Aquainian may bear many daughters. Plaira and I are the only among our sisters to have survived childhood."
"Do you have any daughters?"
"So far I have only one. Taymar."
"And does Taymar have any daughters of her own?"
"She is only the equivalent of a human juvenile. The male inside her will not be mature enough to impregnate her for several more years."
"Does she work for you?"
"Taymar is not yet old enough to pledge herself to Lady Naimar. And you, Captain Starcrash?"
"Me?"
"Do you have any children?"
"One. A daughter. Sounds like she's about Taymar's age. Her name is-"
