Changes

Nate tried to reason with the seaweeds in the hallway after class, but Katie interrupts their conversation to ask some questions for the school newspaper. Nate agrees to answer the questions, but is overcome with the urge to dance again, ending his routine by jamming his fingers up his nose. Katie gets annoyed with him, shouts him into mild shock, and stomps away. Nate is furious, but he can’t chase them down because he keeps stopping to dance mid-stride. Whisper figures Nate just “found the rhythm in his soul.”

[[Manjimutt]] is still trying to break out of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Manjimutt and a mysterious someone are creeping through the guts on the prison beneath the gears and shafts that power the island on their way to freedom. But first, Manjimutt pauses to explain how he met Sam. They met at the annual “Christmas party.” Prisoners line up and get to choose one Christmas present. The choices were between a book, a ball or a stuffed toy, and the lonely and friendless Manjimutt chose the teddy bear. Manjimutt took to speaking to his teddy bear. He knows teddy bears can’t speak, but he just accepted when Sam started to do that anyway.