'I interrupted for a moment. "Wait! Jack's mother called you?" Yeah, but I figure Jack was just afraid to make the initial call, butanyways, Jack aske... me out. Pretty cool, huh? He took me to the movies. Wedidn't watch too much of the movies, I can assure you. My God, he's wellendowed, isn't he? Anyways, so Jack and I went to the movies, then to thediner after for some pie. I wasn't so hungry after the movie. My God, he'swell endowed, isn't he?"I wasn't going to tell her she said that twice,. .. she watched.When I was done, she smoothed out my rough edges ... flawlessly. Then she started combining several schools. She flowed and moved in impossible ways.“ERK!”“I watched some Japanese, Chinese and Brazilian martial arts movies. Some of that stuff is only possible if done with wires.”“What languages?” I asked her.“Think or speak?”Worse and worse ... governments were going to be interested.Tyke said, “I don’t brag ... much. It’s dangerous. And I don’t let nationals know I know what. The ArchipelagoBrinala is an archipelago in a remote region of the South Sea, situated to the East of New Zealand, from which it is many days of sea travel away, but which is nonetheless its closest neighbor. The archipelago consists of dozens of larger and a great number of smaller islands, all of which are inhabited, unless they are so tiny as to be only rocks barely protruding from the surface of the sea.The climate is subtropical and mild, with regular and sufficient rains, and long periods. He found out about all the loans and grants I could get and even organised my interview with the university. Oh, I wasn't going to attend a redbrick college; I was going to one of the older establishments.He also organised it so that I was on leave from the company whilst at Uni, although this did mean that whilst all the other students were living it up during the holidays I was working my butt off back at the firm. The advantage I had over them was that, when I graduated, I walked straight.