Room 317, Sunday Late Morning/Early Afternoon

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Z woke up to the sound of pounding. Not just in her head, although that was pretty bad, too. No, this pounding was coming from outside. "Hang on!" she yelled as she tugged on her uniform. Had Luke locked himself out? No, he could always just Forcepick the lock or something. Maybe it was Bridge.

She flung the door open and said, "What??" Then she realized there was nothing there and looked down. At five children.

The tallest, a boy in a red and grey baseball shirt, said, "Hi, Mom!"

Oh, it was too early in the morning for this.

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"Oh! Are you Luke's?" That so sounded like something Luke would eat.

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"Nooooo." Wraith decided to have mercy on her mom. "My dad's Ranger Chan."

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"Ghost is your dad. Great. Of course." She looked down at Toby. "So, your dad's Bridge..." Then she turned to her other side and asked the kid clinging to her other leg, "What about you?"

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"I'm Paris! I'm five!"

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"Yes, I know that," Z said patiently, "but who's your dad?"

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"I don't have a daddy! I have another mommy! Her name is Sydney, see, 'cause I'm Paris!"

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While Z was still boggling over that, Kimmy said, "I don't have a daddy either, but that's 'cause he--ummm never mind. But I DID have a daddy, before I was borned."

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"Aw, I'm sorry, sweetie." Wow, that must have sucked for the her that was this kid's mom. "What was his name, can you tell me?"

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"I don't remember his first name, but his last name was Landors, like me!"

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...and now they were back to 'buh' again.

"...I bred with Jack?"

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"Yes! That's Daddy's name, Jack!" Kimmy bounced at having remembered--or rather, having been reminded.

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And now Z turned to the tallest kid. "What about you?"

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"My dad is Sky Tate and he works for SPD," JD recited.

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Z felt suddenly dizzy. "Kids?" she said faintly. "Could you let go of, um, Mommy's legs so she can sit down for a minute?"