Although in her own mind Susan wasn't planning on darkening the door of Spearfish Lake High School ever again, if it worked out that she still could g...t a diploma from there it was the one course she absolutely had to have. It would be vital for transferring elsewhere at some future date, at least if she wanted credit for it. She soon discovered that it was only offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, although in a choice of three different sessions, all of which Mrs. Thatcher had told her were. She was a little reluctant to test him, but she had to test Jeff, Jr. for the ability. Mary objected at first, but Julie convinced her by cutting her own arm and then cutting Mary. Both healed quickly enough to convince Mary that the experiment was appropriate.She held her son while Julie made a careful cut in his arm. As with everybody else, the wound healed within a few seconds. They were all in possession of this strange and wonderful ability, but they wondered where it had come from. Now,. At work, still confidently arranging my ducks, I asked Fran and Connie to see me. I had to tell them that because of this wretched dinner party I could not see them tonight, and I ruled lunchtime out too because colleagues would notice if the same three people were always out for long lunches on the same days. But my main purpose in seeing them was to sort out future living arrangements. Fran, of course, instantly agreed that Connie would be a wonderful flatmate. It was comical watching her. You get to disassemble an asteroid. (Just don't tell me someone called it "Number Five") and you think you are hearing an IFF from a Confed ship. Out there? That seems unlikely unless more than one Confed ship has started stumbling through worm holes that they had never discovered despite all their technology.Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not sure that is a huge surprise. One thing that I have learned about the Confed aliens is that they make the worst couch potato back on Earth seem.