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ZURI POV

"I am sure you do not remember my name, but I am Captain Nole. While you gave us information about your fellow Earthlings, you did not tell us about yourself, Jia from Earth," he says, and I look had Jia.

She seems surprised by the large Bronkark's interest in who she is and that hurts my heart a little. Does she not deem herself worth mentioning?

My mind makes a decision for me in that second and I am on my feet before I am really sure of what to say.

When Jia looks up at me in surprise I smile down at her and place my hand on her shoulder. My brain takes me back to the night we all shared our stories with one another and I instantly remember the sadness on Jia's face when she told us about her life before the Harvest. She told us about how her parents eventually stopped visiting and how her family sort of moved on as if she was already dead. She had felt so unloved and lonely.

"Well not anymore, Jia. You have us," I think as I turn my attention toward the orange male.

"Jia