“One of these days I’ll be able to give you a decent kiss.”“I can’t wait!”Any hopes for another kiss were interrupted by a nurse coming in...to check my vitals. Kelly blushed and opened a backpack and pulled out one of my binders and some textbooks. “We didn’t have your locker combination, so they had to use a bolt cutter and take your lock off. We put a new one on. I’ll give you the combination when you go back to school. Don’t be surprised if they have a banner or something up when you get. “Yes, gonna get it done,” said Jenna. “Daddy David asked only one thing of me, to finish college. Her mother didn’t frown, well, not outwardly.“Yes, and we’re asking the same thing of you,” said Stacey. The younger woman smiled, but it was a weak smile and it carried a message, one her mother did not correctly interpret.“Have you decided on a major?” said her mother.“Pre-law,” said Jenna. “Mostly Philosophy and Psychology courses after I get done with the Gen-Ed stuff. Long term it’ll be Law. My clan seeks my death for leaving.”The wolf watched as I finished one and used ash to rub the inside down before rolling it up. I glanced at the wolf as I heard the faint click of claws to each side of the cave, “So you do not care if I kill more of your kind.”His head came up as I tossed a couple of sticks onto the waning fire. He growled and turned his head left and right before standing and walking off into the night. I kept working on the other wolf skin as I heard the retreating wolves. " Yeah," my Dan reinforced. "That whole fusion thing is about getting huge amounts of energy out of tiny amounts of hydrogen. You guys better run some numbers." Yeah," Dan 2.0 added. "This one might be outside the scope of things we build in the back room." Okay," I said, glancing at Cindy. "But it does sound interesting." Bears investigation," Cindy giggled. "Might put Terri on it." Don't threaten us," Dan 2.0 said, laughing.The truth is, we had a lot of irons in the fire. The purely academic.