Mmm...hmmm...I see...yes, alright Ty I think I've found theproblem. We'll have everything fixed in no time at all. I just need youto wait for me in th... workshop." The wizard pointed to a very bizarrelooking door that was designed to look like the cover of a book. "Your workshop is in there?" said the feline nervously."Like the door? I custom built that myself. Looks like a big book doesn'tit?"Tia just nodded and turned towards the door. It opened on it's own and itwas dark beyond. Tia. That was the primary task here, anyway. Get rid of the pirates. Integrating the Long Lake into the Greater Widemouth Economic Co-Prosperity Sphere could wait, I guessed.After my two-day holiday I got back to work, keeping Aldo and Brian with me. Thunder was ready to go to sea, but it needed to be supplied and crewed. I got people moving on that. Filo had taken most of the officers, but Jono was available. Great, he’d be First Lieutenant on Thunder and Prize Captain if we caught anything. Once I. Jacobs?’ Mr. Hargrove frowned. Rodger looked up and focused on him. Clearly my old friend had been thinking out loud, but he didn’t back down from Hargrove. ‘I said that it’s the first day of school,’ Rodger repeated, then glanced my way and grinned. ‘Of our senior year no less.’ ‘You’re point?’ Mr. Hargrove asked. Rodger hesitated a moment before answering. I saw the look in his eyes and slowly shook my head. Rodger was definitely in one of his moods. ‘Just that there is no way I can take. “Then get her ass out of here, Chip. I ain’t joking. Get her out. As far as I’m concerned right now, you both can leave on the donkey you rode in on and never come back.”“Megan, for fuck’s sake, what did Sandra do for you to act like this?”I glared from one to the other. “Ask your fucking sister what she did. Go on Miss Mouth Almighty, tell your brother what you said.”She didn’t say a word.“Guess the damn bar cat got your tongue. Okay, I’ll tell him.” I took a deep breath and faced Chip. “Your.