And this is Captain Shelly ofthe Misfit."Shelly nodded to him from the view screen."Admiral Novi to all Herminian Ships, stand down," he called."Thank...you Sir," Shelly said in what little bit she had begun to learnof the Herminian language."You are most welcome Captain. Would you care to come over forrefreshments?" he smiled back at her. "And tell me and your mother aboutthis war that is plaguing your home universe."++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Two more days and we'll be. "What are you?" Nathan let out before really thinking about it. "Nathan NO!" Rebecca quickly apologized. The old woman spoke again, "that is quite alright Becca, I am accustomed to humans rudeness while going through the awakening. He doesn't know who I am. So I will answer his question." Nathan quickly regretted speaking up.She looked at Nathan and spoke again "be careful when meeting beings from our realm boy, not all of them are as forgiving as me. I am a Jynn. A leader of sorts of the. Thenmy parents announced that the same week they were going to be out oftown for several days as they were taking a second honeymoon. Thiswould leave me free to go between the two houses without anybodynoticing, and perhaps I could find the perfect thing to wear under mygown ...It turned out that my neighbor and I were very close in size, and sherather liked dresses and skirts, so I tried several outfits before Ifound just the right one to wear. I smuggled it back to my own room,and added a. " Hmmmm, what kind of play."She slapped my shoulder."Danny, Mike, Terry, Mary, and I have managed to work a song into good enough shape that everyone says it sounds pretty good, and we've started practicing another." Mary, too?" Yeah, she's been playing some chords on that old chord organ in our basement. She's been trying to teach herself." That's great. I hope she can get piano lessons like she wants." I hope so, too. I don't think Mom or Dad ever thought music was that important, but they.