[Kratos' eyes have closed in the quiet, but he smiles in his darkness.]
The first time I saw her, she was huddled in a corner, behind some crates, teaching the ranch's children ... and some of the adults ... how to read and write.
[By rights he should have alerted someone; but Kratos had turned a blind eye to little rebellions for a long time.]
Some of them weren't very good at it, but she never lost her temper, or gave up. No one ever came looking for them. They didn't have those meetings often, but when they did, she made sure they weren't found.
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[Kratos' eyes have closed in the quiet, but he smiles in his darkness.]
The first time I saw her, she was huddled in a corner, behind some crates, teaching the ranch's children ... and some of the adults ... how to read and write.
[By rights he should have alerted someone; but Kratos had turned a blind eye to little rebellions for a long time.]
Some of them weren't very good at it, but she never lost her temper, or gave up. No one ever came looking for them. They didn't have those meetings often, but when they did, she made sure they weren't found.