”Turning to Mr. and Mrs. Mendoza I said, “I’ve had a great time, but it is time for me to go. I have to leave early in the morning to build my n...ew home.” Mr. and Mrs. Mendoza smiled approvingly and thanked me for coming. Turning to include Anna, I finished my goodbye with, “I’ll be back to see you when the house is finished.”Walking back to the Drovers Inn I thought that perhaps I had overdone it today, but just as quickly decided that I was supposed to be fifteen years old. What I’d done. We aren’t like Lennie.”Very upset by the dream and the message that he had taken from the book, Bill cried out, “But we are.”“No, we’re not,” countered Jerry trying with quiet desperation to believe his own words. “We’re nothing like him. Sure we are big and strong, but we understand our strength. Lennie didn’t.”Sitting up in his bed, Bill said, “I’m not sure that we are that different.”“Yes, we are,” replied Jerry in as comforting a voice as he could manage. He sat there for a minute trying to. In a few seconds she was back, heading out foranother load of parts."Where did you get that?" asked Lois before thesuperheroine could disappear."From Clark's apartment. I disassembled my bed to get itthrough the mouth of the cave." And she was gone again, andback in 5 seconds with the mattress and bedding. "I'llgladly do without at the apartment until it can bereplaced." And she headed into the bedroom nook again.Followed by the sound of pillows being fluffed very fast.Suddenly Supergirl was. Don't worry, I'll pay your asking price. How much do we owe you, hm?Sanosuke: Haven't I seen you around somewhere before?Tani (taken aback): Ridiculous. Where would I meet someone like you?Sanosuke: No, I know I've met you before. I couldn't forget a weird smile like that. That's it! You're the pork-bun from the time with Jin'eh!(See Volume Two.)Tani: Pork... (He recalls Sanosuke beating him up.)Sanosuke: So you didn't learn your lesson, just ran out to the country to play king of the mountain.