Don’t worry, kid, you’re in good company. Patty, Kelly, Hazel, the others: they were all taken the same: Kelly was the only one had a real bad tim... though, and that wasn’t intended. I put my hand up, self-defense mostly. Teaching her to shut up would be high on my goddam list. ‘Kirsty, lemme get this straight. You feel that you don’t have much, uh, experience, and you’ve decided I’m the person you want to, uh, show you the ropes, is that right?’ Bashful Doug. Silence, thank God, but she. You're back exactly where you started. Just a year or so of your lifepassed by. Which will be explained, if you're at all interested, byan extended sabbatical, in the wilds of wherever you choose. Nepal orTibet is always popular. It could also conveniently account for whyyou're such a changed man."That answers the time question I guess. I'm not sure how I know, butit's still the same day I, as Alex Ward, was discharged fromWellness, just it's now a few hours later. Time appears lost in. "And you allowed this as well. What if my sister isn't the Traveller? What if I've killed her due to your planning? Is it just because we're only apprentices so we don't matter?" I said to them all but keeping my eyes on Jo'ha."We have made our decision, there is nothing more to be said. This Council is dissolved." Jo'ha said and the other members of the Council faded away leaving my father and Jo'ha, who created a window showing the form of my sister."Officially this was an accident, caused by. "I'm starting to tell my life story to a bully."why don't you hang out with friends?"at first i thought he was joking, until i saw a confused look on his face. He really didn't know."i...i only have one friend."Luke looked at me so weird."what, that can't be tr-" well it is, people like you who come and bully me don't understand the story. now you understand and look how you feel. pretty shitty huh?"he looked down, i hurt him.what was wrong with me? why did i get so angry at him? is my terribly.