I parked in the back, and as we walked into the main house, we saw several guys standing on the frozen surface of the swimming pool. We didn’t drain...the pool, so the ice in mid-February was several inches thick. Curious, we wandered over to the edge, and were quite mystified. “What’s going on?” I asked.Jack Jones and Bill Swayzack were in the process of cutting a hole in the ice with a chain saw, while Ted Mackinaw, a senior was supervising. Ted was the House Manager this year and controlled. Yes...”“But they aren’t usually distinct voices, are they? I mean, you don’t hear them talking to you, or about you, distinctly, do you?”“Well, no. I mean, it’s more of a babble. You know – lots of people talking at once.”“Exactly. What it is, David, is you’re hearing people’s thoughts. Because you’re untrained, you can’t shut them off, or tune into one distinct set of thoughts. So you hear this cacophony of voices most of the time. But you don’t have the problem in the café, do you?”“Well,. You might want to change into your uniform, so you can match John and Calara.”With a final worried glance at Sakura, Jade nodded, then walked out of the Ready Room, leaving the other two girls alone.“She ... I... , I mean Shinatobe...” Sakura sputtered as soon as the Nymph left the room.Alyssa picked up her drink, and took a sip of the tea, before saying calmly, “Yes, she’s the Jade Tiger that Shinatobe fought and killed.”Sakura blanched, and stammered, “K-k-killed?! But she’s...”“Alive and. Kripya mere atm-katha mei hui galtiyon ko bhula de aur is ghatna ka maja le. Mera naam ravi hain mein Bajida Jattan Gaon Jilla Karnal ka rehna walan hun yeh baat us samay ki hain jab mene apni graduation khatam ki aur gaon lot kar aaya school se le kar graduation tak mein boys hostel mein rahan is liye sex aur ussse hone wali shukhad anubhuti se mein anbhigh thaJab mein train se gaon ke platform par utra toh mera dhyan tubewell par pani bharne aayi ladkiyon ki taraf akarshit hua sabhi par nahi.