”“How long do you want to stay out?”“I guess a week would be good.”Captain Jack said, “I’ll call the crew and let them know that we leav... Tuesday. We’ll spend Monday loading supplies for the trip.”“Good,” Betsy replied. “I’ll swing by the school and see what’s up.”“I’m sure there are things there that will require your attention,” Captain Jack said.“Hello, Betsy.”“Hello, Sally.”“How was your trip?”“It was okay. How have things been, here?”“I’m trying to move in with Steve, but my landlord is. "Half way through class, right in front of me, Michelle's head turned into a cow's head."The second girl screamed with laughter. "What did McGonagall do?"The first girl's voice dropped lower even though there was little danger of them being overheard."She said that whoever had cursed Michelle had better come clean immediately, otherwise she would seize all of our wands, examine each and everyone of them and determine whose wand had cast the curse." And then?"Laughing, the first girl. "William reached out and, taking her hand, helped her up, and started up the stairs. William suggested, "Let's take a shower first. I must smell like a horse stall after being down there this morning." Cathy helped him remove his clothes, and, when he was naked, she turned on the shower, asking, "Do you like it hot or just warm?" He told her that he wanted it a little on the warmer side, and she made the adjustment. There were towels already out, so they climbed in. They took turns washing and. Every washed-up corpse displayed in freak shows and medical academies has been suspected of being fake. They all look different. Only one or two that I’ve heard of looked like the ones we ran into. There’s stories of ships outrunning them, but I’ve never heard of any ship actually fighting them and escaping. The Kestrel isn’t a warship. She doesn't have armaments. Most of her crew doesn’t carry real weapons. There was no way you could have known this was coming, or prepared for it, and we.