Much to mysurprise, both Mikey and Jonathan have, the latter making me feelparticularly optimistic about my interview on Friday. No reply fromPaul yet... though...My alarm wakes me just after 7am the following morning, and even thoughI enjoy college, it still feels like a bit of a comedown afteryesterday's fun filming. Nonetheless, after breakfast, I still have asmile on my face as I shower, apply a very light layer of make-up(we're doing dress rehearsals today so I'll be wearing stage. "Bullshit. While I agree that this is reportable news, we would not have a fairly senior Journal columnist here just for the neighborhood project. It's the wedding—and something else."Before we get to the official reason for your visit, I am going to go into the "something else" in some detail. There will be images, some of which we will provide as hard copy, with a no reproduction proviso. Some will be eyes only. Does anyone need to bow out under those restrictions?" No one did. They were now. I introduced him to her, and her to him. He and my father were soon in earnest discussion about the boat's capabilities, and the types of fishing that were now opened up to them both. My father told Tiny that they should leave the boat in Tiny's driveway since they'd probably want to do mostly ocean kelp fishing for a while. This made Tiny and Terri both happy, because they knew that my father would put out to sea several times over the next three years, and they would still have easy access to. They said you were just alegend." Huh! And I suppose the two Pixies you saw when we first appearedweren't real either?" I countered with a smile. "Lady Allie? Would youconsider yourself real or imaginary?" I asked looking to Alicia's frailright shoulder where a silver-violet-winged Pixie stood clutching thegirl's knitted head cover.The Pixie hovered off the child and faced Alicia eye to eye."I consider myself very real, Empress. Who is our friend?" Alliereplied."An acquaintance from a future.