She was there because she had issues in her past which impeded her ability to graduate HS like I didBoth of us were doing well in the program. In fac..., we were doing so well, we were close to graduating the programShe was there before I arrived. When I arrived, she was already on track (And IN DANGER) of adding Job Corps to the list of things she'd fail atBut then, something almost (What could be best described as) "Magical" seemed to happen with her. And it began shortly after the two of us. ”“Exactly, Miss.”They kept running until they came upon a wood bordered by a small stream that burbled happily, apparently unaware of anything menacing from which to run (although Alice realized, much later, that streams, by nature, tended to neither run nor walk).“Where are we?” Alice asked as Dum set her down on her feet, her voice soft in case nobody was close by, listening.“Tulgey Wood,” One of the sisters answered, reaching out to take her hand.Alice peered across the stream at the wood,. When a business exploits its workers or forces us to purchase overpriced and deficient merchandise, you will become aware of it. Let's clean up corruption, rid ourselves of the rotten demagoguery of the ruling oligarchs and take control of our lives once and for all. Join us if you wish to be warriors for a new just time. We are the FITZ." A black flag waved in the wind in front of a sunrise.The FITZ applauded self-appreciatively, sitting in Billy's headquarters space. Only Gina and Joseph. ----------------------------------------------------------------The garbage collectors ground through the city at four a.m., irritatingboth the sleeping and the awake. The theater was one of their laststops, and wouldn't you know it, the dumpster was overloaded again. Afew small items spilled to the ground as the men operating the truckemptied the dumpster's contents into the back of the big machine. Thetrashmen didn't pick them up; it was the theater's junk and if thetheater didn't load the.