lullaby long since

T'ad is a four, according to Baji. All of the Alphas are, and when he first explained it they all got very mad because Four is Four, but then he explained that no, that's how old they are. They're four years old, in only two years alive.(Baji is gruff and grumpy, and while he’ll help any of the Alphas up if they fall and he’ll pat their heads when they do good, he’ll also make them keep taking apart the blasters until they have it perfect and he always makes them run for five minutes and eat all of the yucky stuff the Kamiiniisii give to them. And sometimes he ignores them, or he goes off for days and days and days.T’ad isn’t sure he’s supposed to like Baji—Baji would say he isn’t, he’s sure—but he does. Baji is warm while the droids and the Kamiiniisii are cold. T’ad also thinks Baji is hurt, a lot, but he doesn’t want to say. The Kaminiisii would only make it worse.)T’ad is a four, according to Baji, when he wakes up in the middle of the night.