Remember?" Colleen nodded and added a few details about their conversation."Well it seems your landlady left us a phone message, earlier today. In her...message she makes specific threats about taking action to make sure you do not stay in that house another day. Since she voluntarily left that RECORDED message, I thought it appropriate to being it along and play it for the Judge."I don't think Ms. Mesicowski intended to convict herself of a string of felonies, but she has managed to tie a noose. I did and the three roving dogs were off like a shot in different directions. I told him what Pete had said, and that he should be on alert. I told him that I was going to look around a little. I also told him that Tiny and Sally would be coming home shortly, and what kind of a car they would be in. He said he would direct them to go straight into the house, since I was the only one the dogs would allow to be outside.I headed around to the back of the house, and then remembered that I didn't. In his way. A way Master Edwin understood, even. He’s… a good man. I judged him wrongly. I don’t know how to face him after all this.” The older Human woman smiled and crossed the distance to give her young friend a hug, because the Gnari girl looked like she desperately needed one right then. “Oh, come on, it’s not so bad. It’s not like you spit in his tea or anything.” Cook then pushed her back, holding her at arm’s length as she looked at Silmaria with a suspicious expression. “You didn’t. Just love her up and ignore her griping." soothed Axorie. Hardcase sobbed in quiet despair, because Axorie was right, and because Hardcase was having a self-identity crisis. She was too kind-hearted to portray the tough girl for long. It really wasn't her, but if she couldn't be the smart one, then what else did she have? At least if they returned home, and she was going to school, she would regain her identity as the smart one, even if it was erroded by Axorie. It wasn't even Axorie who had.