It was a black mass which hung low on the darkened horizon. “I’m just excited to be traveling I guess.”Vondi nodded in satisfaction, the corners...of her mouth turning up. “Well, don’t place too much faith in your title. It won’t mean overly much in Wenland.”“Oh, I won’t,” the younger woman agreed. “I know people can be provincial. Father cautioned I wasn’t to use my title except with the royals of Wenland.”She shrugged, then turned back to her aunt. “What did you mean, ‘I’ll be on my own soon. Continuing out were the mass middle class of students who were not popular enough to be in the elite but they had enough friends and enough social skills to keep them out of the nerds.Not all nerds were the same. There were the more mature nerds whom I was a part of, my adventures in attempted blackmail not withstanding, and the juvenile nerds who were smart too but made all types of jokes and stupid pranks as if we were still in junior high."Sam!" I turned and it was Alex. "Can I eat with. Stanton that we start a dayand night shift. The day shift will be led by you and the night byme."Fong shocked by what I said immediately says to me, "Boss man I can'tdo what you do. All I do is translate for you. I work hard but I'm noBoss man!" Fong, you can do it. I have seen it with my own eyes. The men look upto you and respect you. I'll guide you in the morning to show you whatI want you to do. This is the plan. About two hours before sunset I'llrelieve you and start the night crew and. In the evening, Jim and Ann picked up something for dinner on the way home and reviewed what changes they had incorporated into the drawings that day. They would spend some time together either watching TV or listening to music.By early Monday morning the design was complete and they both agreed to proceed with the construction and negotiate the price of the changes when the design team had assembled the additional costs. Ann shook the hands of all of the men and thanked them for the extra.