//Either, actually,// Jono replied. //By some miracle I've got a phone that'll actually pick up my voice.//

That small miracle was named Barry Ween. Good kid. Little bit of a mouth on him. Long gone from the island, now.

//My own class is Wednesday, but it's the last class of the day, so I can do anything earlier if need be. And I'll sometimes be off-island, teaching back in New York. Or punching people who really need it. Even odds it's one of those. Sometimes both. Sundays I open the music shop, but I can always take a break and close up. I own th'place, I'm hardly going to get in trouble with my boss.//