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     Chapter 13      The Being Calls      Earth/Eden date:  January 2, 2530            A clawed three fingered hand was clasping my shoulder and gently shaking me awake.  I opened my eyes reluctantly and looked up at another Sixth Clanner egg nurse.  This one was a rich reddish brown with copper colored antennae.      “Hello, I’m Nurse Irian,” she greeted politely, pronouncing her name ‘Ir-ee-an’.  “I can smell that you have been here a while and all of you need to eat something.  Especially you ma’am, Joined women never should skip meals when they are pregnant.  I would not like for you to miscarry.”      For a millisecond I tried to make...