And as she moved inside, I let my head follow her in, stopping when my shoulders reached the frame. I was surprised my head fit with room to spare. I ...looked at everything, and then I started asking questions about other things and made a complete mental picture. Then we all heard a surprised exclamation from behind me and I slowly back out of the doorway."Del what do you think your doing? You won't fit in my house." He had a funny smile on his face."Father Cal, I was not trying to fit, I was. Yes, the principal’s own wife, no less, though she was now married to everyone in the Howard tribe. Everyone in my sixty-nine was married to everyone else in it, even if the authorities (for however long they retained power) didn’t recognize this fact. She wasn’t the only one working in the new Administrator’s office that I selected for the school, which was located in a temporary structure set up near the main school facility, so as not to take away space for the classrooms.This makeshift. I was an atheist with only vaguely spiritual inclinations. However, on this evening, we were in church because of my family.Mom insisted that all family members go to Christmas Eve service at the old family church, even us heathens. She also made Tania and I sleep in separate rooms when we came down for the holidays, even though we were both twenty-five and had been living together for two years. It was her rather unsubtle way of pressuring us into getting married, I guess.We sat down at the. She called for someone to get help and then knelt beside her friend. She quickly checked to see that she was still breathing and had a pulse. She fought the urge to straighten the injured body and instead tried to rouse the unconscious girl. Deborah opened eyes, soon filled with tears.“Owww! It hurts!”“Deb, honey, don’t move. We need to be sure you don’t injure yourself further. You’ve had a bad accident but don’t worry, I’m here with you. Now do what I say. Can you take a deep breath?”“Yes..