"Hi. I'm Anna-Charlotte."

"I'm Mr. Wong. It's nice to meet you."

"Hi Mr. Wong." 

"The kids are Joel and Bryce."

"Hi," says Bryce.

"Hi Joel. Hi Bryce." What do you say to people in this situation. "Imani is really good."

"She's cute," says Bryce.

"She'll eat weird things," says Joel. "One time I gave her a ketchup packet and she bit it open and sucked out all the ketchup."

"That's not so weird. I've ever done that."

"Ewwww," giggles Joel.

"I was hungry!"

"Why didn't you eat normal food?" Joel asks.

"The school cafeteria doesn't let you get a second tray."

"Did you have gym right before lunch? Sometimes I'm really hungry if I have gym right before lunch," says Joel.

"No, I just hadn't had breakfast that morning or dinner the night before."

"Why?" says Bryce. Joel, a little older, is looking at his mother in puzzlement.

"'Cause my guardians were mad at me."

"What'd you do?" asks Bryce in a whisper.

"Tripped and made a loud noise by accident."

"Oh look the choir's coming out," says Mrs. Wong brightly.

Oooh! Anna-Charlotte perks up and pays attention to the choir. 

The conversation thus ended, the choir sings a lovely hymn. Veronica delivers a sermon about serendipity and the role of God in coincidence. At one point Imani flies up to the lectern and sits on her notes and has to be put aside.

So good!!!!!!!!

There's more singing, and then the service is over; some people go down to the basement for snacks and a concurrent Quaker-style meeting.

Ooh, snacks. She leaves all her books except the one she's currently reading on the pew and goes downstairs. 

There are cookies and lemonade and a crudite platter and fruit salad and a bowl of puppy chow and a plate of crackers and cheese.

Cookies and lemonade!!!! She makes a beeline for the cookies and lemonade, careful not to whack anyone with her wings. 

She does trip over someone's foot and go sprawling on the floor, though.