The university lab is open and guess what! I have my own office! Such coolness. It even has my name Lindesfarne Dewclaw on the door. (It’s in a much smaller font than my neighbor Mai Qi.)
Being a first year grad student I’m not assigned to teach any classes yet, so I don’t have any students that would be visiting my office. That’ll come, though. In the meantime, having an office means I don’t have to schlep all of my personal research back and forth from Tree every day. Some of the grad students are species that are pack animals, but no one has ever accused a hedgehog of being one of those.
Fenton’s first class of the semester is on Monday. He’s impressed a lot of his professors with his computer skills, and since they all have tech backgrounds they have a lot of industry connections. A number of them have encouraged him to seek employment in one of the nation’s tech centers after graduation, but I don’t see that happening. He’s always put career advancement behind personal relationships, and with Tree putting down roots here, so has he.
Back home, Rudy’s hunting team was heavily hit by graduation so he has to get Edgar the Lion to where he can contribute. That’s a tall order, and he and Fiona had the idea of having Edgar mentored by Mr. Mangle. The upside: Mr. Mangle is a rarity; a male lion who is not only an effective hunter but who also takes pride in it despite his species’ gender conventions. The downside: Edgar is dating Mr. Mangle’s daughter Leona, so there’s the element of suspicion and wariness on both sides. I’ll try to come home for the hunting matches on Friday nights this fall to see how it plays out.
I'm guessing that you humans don't literally hunt each other. Do you have a sport played by high schools on Friday nights?
