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and… we saw the wires.”
    â€œYou were definitely in the right place at the right time. If you had waited another five minutes it would have been too late,” said Estap.
    â€œSay that again!” said Kakko. “If I had
waited
…”
    â€œâ€¦it would have been too late,” concluded Estap.
    â€œThanks,” said Kakko. “You mean we’ve saved hundreds of people!”
    â€œThousands!” exclaimed Yknan.
    â€œThank you,” said Jalli quickly. “Thank you for making us so welcome. We do pray that you will soon find something else to do though, some alternative employment.”
    â€œI’ve already decided,” said Estap. “Me and my husband, we’ll go down south. After this there’ll be nothing here.”
    â€œWhat about
you
and your blind husband?” asked Yknan.
    â€œOh, we’ll manage back home. This is my mother-in-law who has come over to fetch us. She’s got something lined up for us.”
    â€œGreat! Better be off. I want to get to a phone to call my family before they worry.”
    â€œGood idea. Good luck! Bye.”
    â€œBye! And thanks again!” They walked on together through the drifting smoke.
    â€œLet’s get home!” said Jalli.
    â€œAnd put the kettle on!” laughed Kakko.
    ***
    Kakko was insufferable for a week. Apparently her impetuous defiance had saved millions (the number grew day by day). Jalli had to acknowledge that had she been more patient and heeded her mother they, and many others, would probably have died. But Momori quietly pointed out that if it had been Kakko’s brusqueness that had saved the day, it had been Creator who had called her to be there. Without the white gate nothing would have happened to mitigate the situation. Credit should be given where credit was due. Kakko would have more friends if she had just a little humility. Bandi just listened to all this, and quietly learnt.
    In the privacy of their own room Jack said they should be proud of their daughter. She might not be perfect but her heart was definitely in the right place. You had to admire her for taking a stand and not going along with something she didn’t hold with. That takes a lot of guts. She put her principles before her personal safety and not many people would do that. And she was no fool either. The rest would follow, he felt, with a bit of maturity; she’d get over the inflated sense of herself. That might, he suggested, come from a degree of teenage insecurity. When she grew in confidence, her apparent lack of humility would decline.
    â€œYou mean the outward arrogance is a sign of self-doubt?” echoed Jalli.
    â€œYes. What she did got you into the right place at the right time, but which one of you noticed the detonator?”
    â€œI did. I saw the wires.”
    â€œWho took charge of the situation then – you or Kakko?”
    â€œMe,” said Jalli. “After I saw the wires she just did as she was told.”
    â€œOne day,” said Jack, “she’ll acknowledge that.”
    â€œBut not yet?”
    â€œNot yet. But one day. At the moment she may be doubting herself too much… now, though, I am very, very proud of
you
. You haven’t lost your ability to act in an adventure one little bit! And I could never see my wonderful Jalli getting the slightest bit of a big head!”
    â€œNot, even the teeny-weeniest bit?”
    â€œWell, perhaps a teeny-weeny bit. Just enough to give her confidence to stand up to her headstrong daughter!”
    ***
    Some days later, Kakko and Bandi were in the garden having a go at trimming the hedge.
    â€œIt’s really not on that someone should be allowed to make guns and bombs to sell to others so they can blow each other up!” said Kakko. “I mean, that Big Plo was making money hand over fist. I would say that makes him as bad as the people who use his weapons. Only it’s worse because he