." Miranda said contemplatively. "That's cool. What grade areyou? Junior?" Nah, I'm a senior. How 'bout you?" I'm a freshman... And, I'm new here, so ... figured I'd try and make acouple of friends at this dance..." she said hesitantly, afraid thatshe was sounding too pathetic for this senior to deal with.Surprisingly, the senior looked down at her and smiled warmly."You don't have to worry. I'm trying to make new friends too. Friends?"he asked, offering a hand of friendship.Taking it readily,. It really is odd, isn't it? The line of hills behind our base shows practically nothing, but the deeper you get into the swamps, the stronger the field is." You've got it. We don't have the usual orbital photos to work from here. Too much fog and cloud cover. But, when you map a large enough area, you can see that this range of hills has an almost constant curvature. When we integrate that curvature against the magnetic field, they match fairly closely. The science boys back at company. ‘What a douche,’ thought Kelly. As she walked into the Dean’s office, it was as if she had entered another world. The room was warmly lit from the lamps by the wall. The floor was carpeted, and the walls were paneled in wood. The furniture, library, and desk were all made of polished wood of dark mahogany color. The Dean made his way to his desk, and motioned for Kelly to close the door and sit on the chair opposite him. “You came to ask me to reinstate the class that was just cancelled.. ‘Thank you,’ she said and held the ceramic thing against her heart, ‘I love it.’ Jake laughed, ‘It’s no big deal,’ he said off-handedly. ‘No,’ Heidi protested, ‘I love it.’ And she gave him a thank you hug. ‘If I had known you were this easy to please, I would have gotten you airport gift shop merchandise a long time ago.’ For Heidi, it felt nice to just be in his arms. When she had promised him she would miss him, she had no idea just how true it was. ‘How was your trip?’ Heidi asked pulled.