"Mommy, can't I take some to school tomorrow?" Yes, dear, but I shall make a new lot of child-sized pancakes and scones for your classmates. That will...suit them better." That satisfied Nargo.Once the eats and drinks were consumed, Fearn and Nargo were asked by Esme to do the clearing up while the parents chatted.Esme soon broached the topics of research and writing."Tom, my friend Jeannette, who is another Malan mother, is a publisher embarking on an encyclopaedia of Rehome. She would be. He took my hand. "You know swing?" he asked, with a smile.I was surprised but went along.Jamie had dragged me along to swing dance classes for nearly a year.While I was never really any good, Dagur was. He kept in time whilemoving me expertly. For my part, I was enjoying how much easier thewoman's part was than the man's. You just had to follow.At the end of the song, he further took me by surprise. I went for atwirl and he caught me as I'd hoped, but then he tipped me. I had tocling on to. OK? OK! You have a stronger arm than Jeff so you need to be the cut-off man every chance you can. Jeffs used to that, anyway. To start the game, Jeff steps to the plate against the best pitcher in the league. No Cub reached base against him in their first contest. With the infield in, he swings at the first fastball, foul tipping it. The second blazer comes at his chin. In self-defense he falls over backwards. He gets up, shaking in his skin. Getting his head back into the game, he gets back. Then as we grabbed our gear I saw her withCommander Gnat, the Queen was here to welcome us personally.The Administration building was busy, the Cadets we knew already, as wellthe ones we didn't, were in processing. We were getting our roomassignments and had maps of the new campus, which was a combination ofthe setup of both TIGA and LIGA combined.All morning Transports and Shuttles continued to drop off other Cadetsand Personnel. And slowly it seemed like order was beginning to berestored to.