Winona bows. Then she raises her arms and ribbons of water follow them up and twirl around her.

Very pretty! Dusk claps.

Winona can do a whole little water show, with streams and droplets of water, and never gets wet.

So cool.

She could maybe do something like that with her magic; she gets a little distracted thinking about it.

Winona steps back onto the dock.

- oh, hey, it stopped. Uh. Hi Winona. Sorry about that?

"It's okay." Forehead-kiss.

Okay.

It really was very pretty, she just got distracted is all.

"That's okay."

So, uh, now what?

"We could walk home if you like. Sometimes I just sit here and watch the boats and the waves for a while, though."

That sounds nice. If Winona wants to.

"I'd like that."

The boats do boat things. The waves thwap against the edges of the harbor.

Denice snuggles up.

This really is nice. She's so glad she decided to stay.

"I'm glad too." Wingput.

Ee.

You know, she never really got it before why the kids with parents thought they were such a big deal, but - she gets it, now, a little.

"I hope to be a good example of the category."

Well, she might not know much, but she thinks she's pretty picky anyway, so. Yeah.

"Good."

Yeah.

Snuggle.

Julie gets home after a week and a half on duty and one day in the hospital. She gives Dusk a big hug when she gets in. "Hey you!"

Hey! She missed her.

"I missed you too! Some of my squad might want to swing by and meet you, maybe not this break but the next. What've you been up to?"

Ooh, that'll be cool. She has read so much about math, and some about other stuff, and she went to the park twice and the movie theater and the pool and she found a neat bike repair place where they'll let her watch them fix the bikes.

"Neato! I would not have guessed the bike repair thing but that makes sense in retrospect, maybe you can figure out more gears-y kinds of things that way."