Circle of Love

The Circle of Love is the first living circle around the Hub. It is the place where childerias set up and its only purpose is the rearing of babies. It is always the first circle in basha architecture because that is the nearest to the crackerbox, the ultimate source of all goods in the basha. It is dotted with retreat rooms in spiral stacks, like smaller versions of lifepods. It also has ruub games and puzzles such as huge machinery that can be turned by hand, giant gears that can be put together in various ways, and standalone toys to be climbed in, walked over or smashed. It is not usual to put virtual toys in the Circle because babies are too yougn to appreciate them. Life in the Circle of Love resembles a giant ongoing party, because it is always full of babies and doulas; the childers visit when they are feeding and gossiping. When I went through my childer experience, the Circle of Love was like a wondrous pool of happiness I could dip into whenever I wanted, and if I wanted peace and quiet I could go to my room and work. Long periods of withdrawal are difficult however, because feeding must happen on time! Peace and quiet also ensues if you volunteer to take a sleepy baby or two with you to your retreat room, and feed them to sleep while working; a doula will even accompany you to take them away if they cry or need burping.