The morning couldn’t come soon enough. As soon as it was reasonable possible Zarah and Zigma were out the door. They confirmed they wouldn’t be alone with Lyra or Jessica before running off towards town and the bakery. The early morning bustle was just getting started and they ducked and weaved though the crowd to get towards the bakery. It seemed like everybody in town knew what was going on as they eyed the two of them. Many called out words of warning. They were almost to their destination when they suddenly had to stop short to avoid crashing into Headman Kilpatrick. He just came out of nowhere and they stopped literally 1o centimeters from him.

Zarah exclaimed, [color=c2be89]“Headman Kilpatrick! We’ll be careful! I swear!”[/color]

He hummed in disbelief as he pulled out a boy from the shadows, [b]“George will be spending the day with you. You will not argue.”[/b]

Why would Zarah argue about that. The day was shaping up to be a pretty good day. First there was another chance to get the Terran to show her the spaceship. Then there was the chance to find out more about Zigma. And now she got to spend the whole day with George. Zarah was a little curious about how he had gotten out of his apprentice duties for the day, but she didn’t care enough to complain. She liked George. She like liked George. She like liked Harper as well and honestly didn’t expect anything to come from either crush, but flirting was pretty nice. George seemed happy to be spending the day with them if the half wave and the smile might anything.

Zarah nodded, [color=c2be89]“Got it. Yes Sir. Can we go now?”[/color]

With that decided Headman Kilpatrick nodded. Zarah quickly grabbed George’s wrist to tug him along. They were almost there. They entered the bakery via the service entrance to see the visitor with some sort of contraption that was mixing the batter. Zarah dropped George’s wrist as her mouth dropped open. Whatever it was it was incredibly cool. Only the glare from Mrs. Traveil stopped Zarah from forgetting the rules. She quickly joined George in scrubbing her hands red at the sink before rushing to get a better look at the machine. It was glowing and there was no motor. Where had Lyra put it? There was no room in her pack, at least no room that Zarah could see.

Zarah began to speak rapidly, [color=c2be89]“That is so cool! What powers it? Can I touch it? Is it collapsible? What is it called? Can we go see your spaceship? What’s an Avea? Where did they come from?”[/color]

She said this all very fast and Zigma finally interrupted, [color=63e42d]“Zarah! Breath!”[/color] She sucked in the air at the command, [color=63e42d]“Forgive her. She’s excited.”[/color] He blinked slowly, [color=63e42d]“We both are.[/color] He moved to hover by George’s shoulder, [color=63e42d]“This is George Reasons. He will be joining us today.[/color]

George held out his hand with a warm smile on his face, [b]“It’s nice to meet you Ms. Lyra. I hope it’s alright if I tag along.[/b]