She was the shortest, so I gave the pages to her to hold so the parents could read over her shoulders.The best one was on top, so it didn't take long ...or Dad to say, "FUCK! Did the..." I cut him off by NP'ing his lips together, giving Dad quite a surprise. He got the idea though: there were other people in the living room that we didn't want to know.I said, "I saw the original paper versions." So he knows?" asked Mom."Totally. Probably has for years."Prof asked, "Are all the details correct?. It took two days to reach Fort Hayes, and I spent a lot of that time sitting with Sally in the wagon. I did quite a lot of the driving; I discovered that I already knew all that I needed to know about driving a team of mules—just another one of those mysterious bits of knowledge and skill that I was supplied when I landed in 1877. We got to know each other very well as people, though, naturally, I made up a youth of my own based on a transliteration of my experiences back in my original time.. When I finally came back to reality they were all just staring at me and could not believe what just happened. I did not know where Paul was and when I looked up, I saw that he moved to a table not far from us and he was able to see what was happening. I thanked them and told them I really should be going, but they all were saying that I couldn't leave them this way. They wanted me to go back to their cabin and take care of them. I said that I could not do that, but would take care of them. They talked a lot which was unusual for Jessica who often knew what things were up from hearing the surface thought of those around her. Amanda's own abilities effectively blocked out anything but directed thoughts, leaving her mind a bit of a mystery to Jessica, who seemed to like this. Having someone whose brain she couldn't see into all the time was refreshing and allowed her to just be a normal girl. She didn't have to play the game of asking the questions she already knew the answers to so.