24 Xander’s Leadership Xander wasted no time getting back to Camp with his followers. The next challenge was to get his fellow REMs outfitted to represent a united force. It was the spine of a plan he had been dreaming up; his crew had to feel they were winners. He wanted them to have long capes—easy to make and symbolic of greatness. Getting cloaks sewn for his crew would require his teaching the REMs how to make something that looked not only decent, but impressive. He would have to train them in yet another skill. He silently thanked his seamstress mother for her insistence that he learn the basics of sewing when he was a young teen. What began as an interest in fashion helped motivate him to create pieces he wore in the city, and he got good at it. But first they needed scissors. K

