Chapter 42 Gossip

• Sofia
• After lunch, Dan went out with the scouts again and Sarah went to help run patrols, leaving me largely on my own. I spent the afternoon with Gamma Terry, or rather, just Terry, as he had insisted I call him in private. At first, I had been nervous of him because he looked similar to Mr. Lyndon with his greying hair and straight nose, but as I got to know him, I discovered he was nothing like my adoptive father. Even tempered and kind, he had none of Mr. Lyndon's cold dismissiveness. Terry explained that he had been the gamma for twenty-three years. He was planning to retire in a few, and I also met his assistant who was apparently in line to take over.
• When I first met her, she had introduced herself as "Rihanna, future gamma and the person whose clothing you borrowed to make your escape attempt." I had blushed furiously, but she seemed to find it to be a hilarious honour that her future luna had stolen her clothing. After I got over my embarrassment, I'd come to like her quite a bit.