#Isabella perversely enjoying her five oldest kids discovering the secret because it gave her something new to do for a while

[fullscoreshenanigans]

They also have those brief exchanges with each other and Grandma during the daily check-ins or whenever a baby is dropped off.

(Chapter 7 | Chapter 28)

But even with that and some more nuanced conversations that could be held with some of the older kids (what I would give to see some of the conversations she had with Norman about a variety of subjects and the conflicting feelings Ray had about that), I feel like the monotony would eat at them terribly and effect them in various ways.

Trying to get the correct vibe for the stunted way i think Moms working under the farm system would speak

I want them to sound like they spent years isolated with no socialization besides talking to children and reading lusty romance novels