Mother and father took a nap in their bedroom after they arrived and washed up, while I entertained my brothers (with the amount of energy those three had, they must have driven my parents crazy, all cooped up in the train cabin). They explored the house, petted Stinker (after catching her, that is. Stinker disappeared as soon as she saw them, sensible cat that she is, but they somehow tracked her and caught her. She was still nervous, but charmed by my brothers), and played with Uncle Billie. I explained to them, delicately, about Uncle Billie's problem (his mind was destroyed by mental magic and now he was an adult trapped in a child's body). They understood, although I could see their surprise when a man that looked older than our father turned out to be less mature than Mikey, the you

