He does his research and he drives a long way to get them. With you two there’s twelve of us.’ ‘Twelve?’ My mind spun, two every three years,... twelve! I quickly counted, four by the third year, six by the sixth, eight, ten– fifteen years! She just nodded. ‘I’d just finished training to be a nurse when he took me. I think that’s why he chose me, he knew he’d need someone to fix us up after he uses us.’ I shivered, my back burned and I focused on staying still. I must’ve made some noise, or maybe. The entire area is unconsolidated glacial rubble. Some of the rubble is pretty damn big though.Just in case, dear reader, you don’t know what or how a glacial ice cap is or works I’ll tell you.Once upon a time ... for some reason, the world got cooler than normal. It might have been a solar burp, a monster volcano or who knows? What is known is that it snowed ... lots ... in the northern hemisphere and in the southern hemisphere. In the spring and over the summer, the temperature wandered. ”“I will try my best,” Alice murmured meekly, not liking the look in his eye as he tilted her chin up and forced her to meet his gaze.“Such a tempting little plaything. Were I a wise man I would simply secure you and leave you for her to find, a note pinned to your pinafore. Alas, I am not a wise man and she will likely not return for several hours.”Alice took a step back, not liking the direction his thoughts were going. And then another as he advanced upon her, his long shadow falling over. Finally, I spoke."Father Murphy..." Yes, my child?" I don't understand why everyone is so upset?" Tyballa, you were raised in a very sheltered environment, yes?"The truth was quite the opposite, but it seemed to please people when I said that I had."Yes." Were your parents religious?" No." I see. And nobody ever taught you that homosexuality was a sin?" No. Is homosexuality what I did? Is it like being a lesbian?" Yes, Tyballa. A homosexual is someone who has relations with people of their own.