We ended up at the Duck Pond and I felt reality come back into focus. Björn caught it instantly. "Everything alright?"
"Just thinking. I know a guy who used to be a Ducky Boy." I stared into the water.
"Wow." Björn nodded slowly looking down into the water as well. "I've heard stories." He glanced around. "They're supposed to be long gone now, but..." He shrugged. "They say there was never just one Ducky, if you picked a fight with one, you fought them all. It gave them real power. Schools would close just on the rumor that they were coming."
"That's what he said."
Björn looked thoughtfully around. "You have to kind of respect that, they knew they could depend on each other."
We wandered back to Easterbrook's, a little more quietly.
"Hey, any chance you'd be interested in going for a
