Children were not so strange sights. Elma was honestly surprised they hadn't seen more out here, though her own opinion had been just a little biased by her time working with Lin.

A respectful pace away, close enough that if the girl stumbled or fell on getting out of the pod, Elma could catch her, she said, "That's not a name I'm familiar with. And I'm afraid you're not going to find very much at all that's familiar here."