Part 5

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She nods briskly. "And they're aware that if they're not in your custody within fifteen minutes of dismissal that you are required by law to report them to the police as fleeing felons?"

"Right. They know all that—"

"And if they are unaccompanied more than one hundred feet from the building, they are subject to arrest?"

"Yes, they know that too."

"Excellent," Ms. Vaughn approves. "Then let's go to class."

The social worker plows through the crowded halls like an icebreaker, her Stonehenge-block heels resounding on the terrazzo. Dozens of probing gazes make the journey from Ms. Vaughn to the small party scrambling in her wake.

Connecting the dots, Gecko realizes, If we're with the social worker, we must be Social Services cases....

Half an hour in the building, they're already being labeled and pigeonholed.

Terence picks up on it as well. "Man, too bad we can't take the witch with us everywhere! You can't buy this kind of cred!"

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