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. Polite."
"So do I. Here, take the kitten; I gotta pee. Then I vote for some sleep."
"Me, too. Both. My, it feels good to get out of bed and stroll to the jakes
without having to hop."
We had cuddled up together, lights out, her head on my shoulder and the
kitten wandering around the bed somewhere, both of us about to sleep, when she
murmured, "Richard.
Forgot... Ezra-"
"Forgot what?" "His legs. When... he first walked on them... with crutches.
Three days ago I think... 'bout three months back for me. Xia 'n' I
congratulated Ezra... horizontally."
"The best way."
'Took him to bed. Wore him out."
"Good girls. What else is new?"
She seemed to have dropped off to sleep. Then she barely muttered.
"Wyoming."
"What, dear?" "Wyoh, my daughter. Little girl playing in fountain... you
'member?"
"Yes, yes! Yours? Oh, grand!"
"Meet'r... 'n morning. Named for... Mama Wyoh. Lazarus-"
"She's a daughter of Lazarus?"
"Guess so. Ishtar says. Cer'nly had lots... opportunity."
I tried to picture the child's face. A pixie, with bright red hair. "Looks
more like you."
Hazel did not answer. Her breathing was slow and even.
I felt paws on my chest, then a tickle on my chin. "Blert?"
"Quiet, baby; Mama's sleeping."
The kitten settled down, went to sleep himself. So I finished the day as I
had begun it, with a baby cat asleep on my chest
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