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When the students came out to the main campfire on Tuesday morning they would notice that Buster wasn't anywhere to be found. Or so they thought. Only those with a keen eye would notice Buster hiding behind a tree. When everyone had arrived he crept up quietly to the class. Even then he might not be noticed. No, the students might not notice that their teacher was there until he coughed and said "Heeeey students."

"Today we'll be learning how to be neither seen or heard. I'm an expert at this due to me spending many years at the Milford Academy. It's a useful skill. You can avoid anybody you don't want to see or you can use it to pick up information. The latter may backfire because you might find out things you didn't ever, ever want to know. Horrible things about your mother." Buster shivered. "Ugh."

"Now, the most important thing about being neither seen or heard is the way you dress. Anybody can dress up in all black and put on goofy makeup to keep yourself from being seen but won't you feel stupid if you're caught? But if you dress up in floral prints and wear a lot of pastels people won't think you're worth their time and not notice you there. Or they're think you are "special" and won't mind spilling their secrets around you." he said. "Hiding in plain sight, that's what being neither seen or heard is all about."

"Also, no talking. I cannot stress how important this is. Some people just can't shut their traps and that makes other people untrusting of them." he said. "When you must talk be polite and keep sentences short. I have gone days without talking and nobody in my family noticed."

"So today we're going to do two activities that will prepare you for being neither seen or heard. The no talking game and hide and seek!" said Buster. "I know you know them well."

"And for homework I want you to hide in plain sight sometime this week. Dress inconspicuously. See what kind of information you can find out from people." he said. "Or maybe someone will care enough to try to find out where you are. But that's rare. The only time someone wanted to find me was to help them zip up their dress."

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"Is he stupidly smothering and overprotective, too?" Dawn asked, thinking of both Buffy and Dean. "And being a dreamer's cool."

"Not smothering," Peter said. "But definitely overprotective. It goes both ways. We look out for each other."

She eyed him. "If he's not smothering, I'm not sure you get a t-shirt. I'll have to check. And yeah, Buffy and I do that, too, but she doesn't let me help as much, since she's all heroey and I'm a born sidekick."

"Hey, you never know," Peter said. "I used to think I was the sidekick until recently."

"Oh yeah? Then what happened, if it's okay for me to ask?"

"I had these dreams," Peter said. "Dreams that I could fly. That it was my turn to be somebody."

"Are they prophetic dreams?" Dawn asked.

"Sorta?" Peter said. "They've come true, but in roundabout ways."

"How? And are you getting bad headaches with them?"

"Things I thought might happen to me happen to other people?" Peter said, keeping things vague. "No headaches. No clue how to control them either. They just happen."

"Oh, that sucks." Dawn frowned, trying to think of anything she knew that could bring that kind of thing on. Nothing came to mind, especially for a boy. "Wait, you're seeing other peoples' futures? That must be a huge responsibility."

No wonder he was friends with Sam.

"You can see why I want to help," Peter said. "If I do see the future, I'd like it to be a good one."

She nodded. "But doesn't it worry you that you're changing things you should be changing? Or where you're getting these futures from?"

"That's why I'm here," Peter said. "Hoping to learn how to use my powers so I am using them for good."

"That's the real heroic part," Dawn said.

"Here's hoping," Peter said.

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Potpourri - Tuesday - May, 28, 2007

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