After they had entered Lauren's room, they closed the door behind them."Kevin, come into my office," Lauren said over the intercom."Yes," I smiled as ... entered."Close the door," Lauren smiledI closed the door then stood by the desk. Lauren was in her chair, and Samantha sat in the chair across from her. "Relax," Lauren smiled. "We aren't angry at each other." Not now," Samantha said. "We had a few objections this morning, but we have worked everything out."I nodded. "That is good to hear.". ’ ‘Tosser.’ Rich grunted but obeyed. Around the siblings and Pi he and his cohorts went but not before John gave the still crumpled Woody a menacing gesture. Oh they would find him later, that they would. The grumbling jocks headed out of the library. While Pi and Ivy turned to watch them go Locke kept his eye on the downed nerd who was trying to regain his footing and dignity. Without further ado the aristocrat took a step forward and offered him a hand up. ‘Uh thanks, Locke isn’t it?’ After a. Jerry was fairly impressive in his new and "improved" form. A littletaller and significantly more muscular. Although he didn't have scales,his skin showed the characteristic patterns of color that she had seenwhen she looked up gila monsters online. He would catch some flack fromthe "pures" over his appearance, but he was far from unattractive. The changes to his eyes would not be too much of a problem, but thechanges to his tongue and teeth made speech difficult. He used his tabletto write. Shards of the explosion are found across the planet, either formed naturally in crystals, particulates in the air, or gathered in large amounts underground in liquid form and Qrad weather like rain and storm. Only humans are effected by the Qrads. New genders have a slightly higher resistance to Qrads that are not Milkers or Receivers, but they are effected as well and their genitals can be changed to random results. Qrads can only be detected if a person has powers or they have a Spec-Cell..