Barenin Lyr hasn't been human for millennia. He roams the galaxy atoning for the sins of his synthetic race - the fracturing of time itself. But time and space won't let him go, and an echo of another's pain reaches out to him across the lightyears. On a planet he once knew, governments trade children across walls of time for information. Barenin Lyr was human, once. Can he be human enough again to save the children of a broken world? ---------------------------------------------------- "An Understanding" was first published in Escape Pod on June 6, 2014 (see my profile for a link to listen to the story for free). "An Understanding" was also a Finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest. I love feedback, I'd love to hear what you think! Happy reading. :)
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