“Now you just need to stop wetting the bed and we can get you the wintering over pass.”
“But…”
“That’s the way it is here,” sad her father. “Transport here is expensive, and diapers for a year take up quite a bit of space. You’ve been lucky enough to come for the summers as it is.”
“You have a couple weeks before the next boat. If you’ve made progress you may stay for the last boat in another month. That’s why you need to keep up with the alarm, unless you can come up with any better ways to stop wetting the bed.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll be good,” she grumbled. Mirka dried her hands and then went to the door. “Anything much I should pack besides a change of underclothes, my camera, and something to do?”