Chapter 463

Rose and I walked through the halls and found a quiet place to sit beside a fire pit. Neither of us was sure what to do. Distantly we heard the occasional boom that told us of skirmishes still raging with the aliens outside. It didn’t feel like a good day just to take a day off. There had to be something we could do.

“We could help with the children,” Rose said innocently. “I’m sure the administrators won’t object to you teaching your own young. We could go and see how the children learn today…”

I smiled slyly at her and had to agree. Spending the day with our little boys would really appeal to me. It wasn’t like we had any clue what the boys did all day. We should go down and watch for a while before we tried it ourselves. There was most likely some sort of curriculum they used.

The children’s area was near the infirmary, deep in the mountain. It made sense to cluster the weak and defenseless together. The entrance was set back off the main thoroughfare. We had to