Entering his chambers, he smiled when Celphna bounded over to greet him, a look of reverence on her exquisitely scaled face. “This one longed for yo...r return!” She paused and studied him for a moment, seeing his triumphant expression. “Were you successful with your plans, Master?”“It all worked like a charm, just as I predicted,” he replied with a smug grin, as he eased himself into his favourite chair.Celphna knelt at his feet and rubbed her head affectionately against his thigh. “Master is so. There were six Sergeants, one for each platoon plus Sergeant Chuang for the School Detachment. There were now also a number of new men in the School Detachment who would be teaching various specialized subjects. I, of course, would be teaching subjects that these men had little or no knowledge of such as first aid procedures, intelligence gathering and reporting, patrolling, Ranger and small unit origination and operations plus a number of others in addition to leadership principles.There was a. Okay?" Okay, Daddy." Then another Kimmory rocked her, different, but inexorably connected tothe first.*FLASH *The doctor had helped Kim up onto an examination table. Kim had eyedher father worriedly expecting the doctor to magically produce a syringefrom his sleeve, like some malevolent magic trick. Instead he beganspeaking, "Well Mr. Glass... the tests we conducted over the last fewdays has revealed a very small problem in your daughter's ability toproduce melanin." Produce melons?" Kim had. ‘Mark? Why are you going?’ It was Sarah, one of my group of friends. ‘I didn’t like it, I need to go home.’ ‘I thought as much, do you want to go somewhere and talk? I know a quiet park nearby’. I allowed myself to be steered towards a small park surrounded my tall trees. There was a single street lamp over a bench and it was very secluded. We sit side by side on the bench. I realise I hadn’t told my friends what happened with Tina other than we split up. I started to talk it through with.