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The next morning I ate a light breakfast, and got ready to accompany Araway to the mine. Once there I went to the pit to apply Ayitey’s medication. On the way I passed the overseer, and he commented on how much time I spent in the pit. He told me he should put me to work, since I spent so much time in the pit. I just laughed and went to apply Ayitey’s medicine, and then returned to the top.
I went to see the doctor, and had him examine my brand, and he said it was fine no sign of infection. I did ask him a lot of questions concerning branding, and he told me there should be no long term problems, once the healing was complete. I stayed around helping the doctor get things cleaned up from the day before. A water leak had made a mess in the record room, but no records were lost. But papers and forms were ruined by the water, and we saved what we could and threw away the rest.
Lunch time came and I hurried to the elevator, waiting for the food servers to join me. We then descended to the pit, and I got food for Ayitey and myself. I went to our bench beside the tool shed, stripped naked, and waited for Ayitey. We ate our food and played with each other’s body.
When lunch time was over I left my clothes off, and followed Ayitey to the mining area. I found the overseer and told him I was ready to work, he looked at me and said there’s no way. He said he would get in trouble with Araway, but I pointed out I was Araway’s friend and houseguest. I told him I would see that he didn’t have trouble with Araway, so he said if I was series to follow him. He handed me a pic and told me to join Ayitey, and he stood there watching me swing the pic. He told me I looked like I knew what to do, so he said he’d check later.
In about an hour the overseer returned, and was empressed with my progress. He said the ore needed to be shoveled into the ore cart, and that he would send someone to take the cart to the elevator. I noticed we only had one shovel, so I thought Ayitey would do the shoveling. He just kept working with his pic, and told me to do the shoveling. I picked up the shovel and started filling the ore cart, and soon realize why he had me do the shoveling. It was a lot more strenuous shoveling in to the ore, lifting the shovel, and heaving the ore into the cart.
When I had filled the cart the slave waiting took the cart to the elevator. I went back to using my pic, and told Ayitey he had to load the next cart. When time came to load the next cart, Ayitey took my pic and handed me the shovel. I didn’t say anything, but took the shovel and filled the cart, and watched the cart being taken away,
The overseer came over and told me quitting time was in half an hour, and that I should get cleaned up. I went to the hosing area and hosed down, dried in the sun, and then dressed. I then hurried to the top, and then to the doctor’s office and waited for Araway. I joined him in the truck for our trip home, and avoided saying anything about my day.