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    “Nice to meet you, Mira,” said Michael, shaking her hand. Good . Physical contact between them would help the connection. “Do you go to school around here?”
    “Yes, we’ll both be going to the middle school here in town.”
    “Well, Mira,” said Michael, “we have two months before that happens, and I think there’s plenty of time to find an adventure or two.” Then he sensed he said something wrong. Michael rememberedthat even though Mira was a little older in real life, Mira had chased him a lot when they met before. He had reluctantly let her tag along with the gang in the astral. Well, too late for that scenario . He’d have to get himself out of this.
    “Of course, I have other friends too, but I’m sure I could introduce you. I have a brother who is nineteen—”
    “Wow, that’s grown up!” exclaimed Mira.
    “Yeah, well, he thinks he is,” he said with a wink. Mira blushed.
    “But I also have a couple cousins staying with us this summer, and one is your age, so I was thinking we might all get along well,” recovered Michael with relief. At leastthey were on the same page.
    He gallantly bowed before her and offered his hand. “Would milady like to come off the bale of hay?”
    “Phew,” said Mira, giggling with a release of tension. “I was wondering how I’d get off this thing without looking like a dork.”
    Michael noted another thing he always loved about her, even when they were young. She was guileless.
    With some maneuvering they managed to get her off the hay bale with her dress intact and a minimal amount of smudges.
    “Thank you, kind sir.” She did her best impression of a courtesy. “I would love to meet your friends. I have chores in the morning and evenings, but I have my days free. Before you came, there wasn’t anybody here except my brother.”
    Michael cleared his throat. “Your brother?”
    “Yeah, Paul. He’ll be going up to the high school in September.”
    Michael stared at her with sadness in his eyes. “Sure,” he said in an offhand manner. “That sounds great.”
    “What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?” asked Mira. Michael made a motion with his hand. “Nah,” he feigned. “I was just thinking about all that schoolwork coming up. Yuck. Listen, I have to go.” He thought quickly. I need to leave her wanting more. “But if you’re around tomorrow, I can introduce you to my cousins. I’m sure you’d get along.”
    “Sure,” said Mira, sounding excited again. “In the meantime, can we think of a place to explore?”
    “That sounds perfect,” said Michael as he turned. “I’ll tell you what, you think of some place or new thing to show us tomorrow and we’ll do the same thing the next day. We’ll take turns. How about that?”
    “Great! I can’t wait.”
    Again, Michael smiled at the fact that she was too young to know to hide her enthusiasm, and he loved her more for it. He could see his future, err, current children in her. He was already halfway down the hill, partly to leave her wanting more and partly because he felt like he might cry.
    “See you then!” he yelled and waved.
    Thrilled and blushing, Mira was sure this would be a good summer after all.

Chapter Four
    Too Many Worlds
    Later that night, Michael caught up with everyone around the fireplace at a manifestation of the study in the astral McArthur house. The astral McArthur house was down the road and over the hill from Mira’s astral family farm. Michael hadn’t even had to project to make the McArthur house form and appear. The mere mention of it brought it to life, courtesy of Mira, he guessed, who would have expected it to be there. She was that good, even in her confused state. Lu and Onie went around the house looking like gurus with a level of concentration that they had not used in years in order to make the house look, feel, and smell more life-like. The study smelled like an old library with books, and the wood stove held the faint after-burn of