” Hermione finally declared. “What I really want to know is how wizards ended up in space and, even more important, can you help me get back hom...?” “The answer to your first question is rather complicated. I can give you the basics but I will need to keep the details from you in order to avoid altering the time line once we get you back home.” Guinan told her. “I'll take whatever information you can give me, especially if it helps get me out of here.” Hermione replied. “Okay, the short. The boys in question were clearly a few years older than Sally andBobbie and had shed their adolescent gawkiness and developed into a pairof very attractive young men. Even Bobbie had to acknowledge that hadshe really been a girl, she might have been attracted to them.At this point the two boys noticed that they were being observed andcommented upon by two, apparently, pretty young women. With a leer theypicked up their beers and sauntered over. "Are you two sweet-cheeks hereon your own?" one. I answered it and it was Tony from Empire Realty."I've got an offer on your house and it is for the full asking price." All I've got to say to that is when do we close?"I had to turn the phone off before I went into my class and I didn't remember to turn it back on until I was on my way home after my last class. I had two missed messages and a voicemail. I listened to the voicemail first and it was from a furniture store wanting to set up a delivery date. They were also one of the missed. What was it he wanted? So far he'd always been able to know, to find just what he needed. Now he was unsure but he had heard some rumors that there was a part of the market where sales of a more, secretive, nature occurred, perhaps there he would find the answer. After several fruitless discreet inquiries he finally was told where to go by a gnarled old rat, the wizened female cracking a mostly toothless smile at him, winking as he left her in the direction she indicated, feeling a little bit.