‘You look with two eyes, yet see only one image… a feather. You know the sun sits still, yet you call it a sunrise. The world is filled with illus...ons, then we slumber in a land dreams.’ ‘You saw the feather? Where did it go?’ Jane blared, while her eyes surveyed her surroundings. The elderly woman raised her finger and pointed towards the smoke trail that now lay on the alley floor like a foggy carpet. ‘Follow the feather of the Owl and you will find what you seek.’ ‘What is it I seek?’ ‘We. I advised my parents that I was leaving school at the end of the semester, and would try to find another school. I refused to go into detail, telling them that we’d talk when I got home at the end of the semester. I would be home about a week before Christmas. As soon as I walked in the door of my home, I knew that they knew what I had done. To my surprise, there was no yelling or screaming, which I would have deserved. My Dad wouldn’t talk to me at all and my Mom just said, ‘How could you?’. ‘She’s a bad influence.’ ‘A bad influence? Jake are you serious? Come on.’ I told him, waving my hand in dismissal of his nonsense. ‘I mean it, Holly.’ ‘Oh so you know my name now? I was whore just a few days ago.’ ‘Oh you still are.’ He spat. ‘Jake don’t.’ ‘Don’t what!?’ ‘Be an asshole. What happened to you? You used to be so sweet and kind. Now you’re always flying off the handle for whatever.’ ‘Life happened.’ ‘I know things haven’t been the same since your parents died five years ago but…’. Lupe had problems, at first manipulating the mouse. But by the end of their shopping spree, she was pointing and clicking like a pro.When Alice, Angela, and Lupe returned to the new main room, it was starting to look halfway decent. Some faux medieval tapestries from a school play decorated the walls."Ah, good. We're all here," said Kay. "Ladies, join me in the nest."All nine fit quite nicely in the padded round enclosure. Kay pulled a padded mat across the entrance, giving them total.