She was pregnant, of course: pregnant women carried out all the Tribe's sacred rituals.

“Stupid men, always thinking they're the ones who get to do the rescuing.”

“There were the talking squiggles he'd seen in the crashed Globe too - writing, …”

“His stutter didn't like the idea of wooing and silenced any attempts to broach …”

“Changing words isn't so hard. Recognizing a particular sound, swapping it for a…”