Vera walked toward the delivery window and grabbed the box of liquid food, but the second she lifted it, she knew something was wrong. The box was bigger than expected, much heavier, and sealed with a better lock than the cheap exile ration package she was supposed to receive. When she opened it, she stared for a moment in complete confusion. She was supposed to get seven vials of basic liquid food, the lowest kind, enough to keep a sentenced exile alive but not comfortable. Instead, the box was packed with hundreds of expensive nutrition vials, the kind nobles used during recovery. There were vitamins, medicine, supplements, soft clothes, blankets, and small medical tools arranged so neatly that whoever packed it had done it by hand. Whoever did this had not just thrown money at the problem. They had thought about what a pregnant woman might need, what she might lack, what would help if she got sick, cold, injured, or too tired to cook. Vera hated that part the most because thought
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