”“What is that?” Agnes asked as she wrinkled her nose.“I think it translates from Swedish as ‘burnt wine,’ but I wouldn’t swear to it,�... I answered. “But it seems that it sort of morphed into the vodka that we see so much of today. Their brännvin was always made from potatoes.”“It’s too bad the Irish didn’t know how to make it. Vodka sounds a lot better than their bad warm beer.”I pulled Agnes into my lap and hugged her. “I think another trip is in order. The young king liked to play. There. I found a quiet room and sat on a bed. I was wondering if I should lock the door and starting playing with myself, when there was a quiet knock at the door and it opened. Standing there were three guys, two from the office, the ones I’d always fancied. The third one I hadn’t seen before. None of them had been there when I’d stripped. One of them said ‘Are you okay? We saw you walking up the stairs looking really sad and we thought we’d just check you were okay’. I sensed that they hadn’t heard. Shemust have reached into the parent network to find his number, which musthave been something on a Friday night. She gave us both a bit of atongue lashing about being irresponsible parents!" I cringed, whichonly made her laugh in kind. "Oh don't worry, I'd probably react thesame way if someone told me Britney was randomly staying over with someboy. Although you seemed to have pulled a fast one on her by tellingher you'd be spending the evening with Mike while she was too busy toanswer your. ”“All guys.”I nodded, “Yes, but remember, «Shihan» Hideki fully supports you being declared a Polished Instructor and being granted a full teaching license. That said, it presents a conundrum for him in Japan. The proposal is that for ceremonial purposes only, and only with regard to Japan, I will be master of the Racine dojo. You will be the actual master, with the same free hand to operate that Sensei Jim has, so long as you respect the traditions of the school. My name wouldn’t be associated.