Outbox: B-day, etc.

From: Brook Haupenstaat
To: Henri Haupenstaat
Subject: B-day, etc.

Hey Dad,

Wow, thanks for the birthday gift. It sure was a surprise—and talk about original. You’ll have to tell me how the jeweler managed to stain it pink—I didn’t realize there was any way to make them change colors.

The first week of school was good. I have a really exciting internship—I’ll tell you all about it when you call—and a full load of classes. I’m on the costume crew for the fall play, too. I didn’t try for costume director because I figured that would be enough to push me over the edge and literally bury me in work (and sequins, and feathers).

Have you heard that we now have a gang of supers “protecting” campus? They were all introduced at a pep rally Monday night before school started. I didn’t go, and it sounds like I’m just about the only one who didn’t. Everyone around school is talking about super-sightings like there’s nothing else worthwhile going on in the whole city.

So how are you doing? What are you working on next? The pictures from the glowstone article were fabulous—great manipulation of light in a place with no sunshine.

I hope we hear from you soon.

Take care,
Brook


(Read the article here.)