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Natch!14%u201cActually, I bought the last banana-nut,%u201d Gene offered. %u201cButyou%u2019re welcome to it. I%u2019d be just as happy with one of the others.%u201dWhimsy was thrilled by his offer and snatched it immediately.%u201cYou%u2019re a doll.%u201d She gushed. %u201cI%u2019ll make it up to you.%u201d Whimsy wasfamous for making promises. Some she kept, some she forgot. Itwas hard to predict when and where she might direct herattention. She was a lot like Lucky that way, %u2019though they%u2019d neverdated.Gene was pleased to be able to contribute right away. Hebeamed with pride until he saw Jean, seated on the opposite sideof the great stump talking to F. R. Will. %u201cShit! Why does she get tosit next to F. R. Will?%u201d he thought. %u201cI wanna sit next to F. R. Will.Those lemurs were awesome.%u201dAs he was pondering the lemurs, the rest of the team trickledin. From the THAT side, Jinx and Chance circled around to theleft to join Thena, Whimsy, Will and Jean. Opposite them, Amity,Fate, Destiny and Gad (Geraldo Adam Demandus) settled oneither side of Gene and Lucky. I can%u2019t really say with certaintyhow the team assignments came to be made. Hap Hazard is theDeenah personnel director, but he%u2019s known to be just asidiosyncratic as his cousin running the muffin shop. Gad was theonly one that Nate really wanted on his team, and all Gad caredabout were the X%u2019s and Y%u2019s. You%u2019d see him scheming on hischalkboard, ever contemplating new configurations. He neverhad a proper eraser either, so you%u2019d see him with chalk marks onhis sleeves, and you%u2019d hear the rattle of broken chalk bits in hiscoat pocket when he ambled down the hall, usually in a hurryand oblivious to everyone. Gad was a bit of science nerd, which Iguess is why Nate liked him.Amity, Fate, Destiny, and Lucky rounded out the th side. Fateand Destiny were leftovers from a previous team before Natetook over. Although he had tried, he%u2019d been unable to get rid ofthem. Rumor had it that they had powerful patrons among the