Re: Seven Leads
"Things have been a little different since you guys left us with such a good foundation to build from," Marty replied, smiling. And he was still more than happy to give control back to them. There wasn't going to be any kind of power struggle from Marty's corner.
"Okay, so you're looking at three groups, really: the people you know, the people you've met, and the people who are totally new. And I'm excluding the three of us for the moment. First group: Savannah, Sean, Troy, Renko, Dom, John, Brian, Nell, Alexis, Tim, Claudia, Margaret, Barrish, Hammond, Kepner, Spencer, and Ford. Not a lot of changes there as far as assets and liabilities, although Kepner, Spencer, and Ford have only been back with us for three weeks or thereabouts, after Vance and I made the decision to offer to take them with us when we realized the dimension was basically collapsing. So, they have relatively little of the survival training Derek and John worked out for everyone else since you left. Not sure if you were there or not, but Claudia's power came through close to the time you left. Plant manipulation, if you didn't know. Alexis is working on expanding her invisibility to larger groups and general areas. So, that's something to keep in mind, also. Barrish and Hammond haven't changed a bit, unless you count Hammond's new trick with portals, which you saw. They managed to keep that a secret until just now. So, something else to watch. Relationship-wise for housing, absolutely no changes other than the fact John and Brian have started wearing rings in a manner of two other guys I know who just started wearing rings one day." He looked at G and Sam with an amused smirk.
"Moving onto the second group, people you've met but haven't really had a chance to know well. That would be Travis Marks, Douglas, Thomas, Dr. Isles, Queen, and Merlin. We recalled Marks and the Hammond brothers after your disappearance to get us a little help. Surprisingly enough, the time away seems to have done some good with them. They aren't the same former first sons who left us at the start of October. Thomas has been clean since they left. I recommend giving them a chance and some benefit of the doubt I wouldn't recommend giving their parents." Marty glanced at G. "Savannah is in the process of adopting them into the family, by the way. Thought I should warn you now. And that includes Dr. Isles who is now married to Doug. Travis and Thomas are also together. We've been keeping the four of them housed together, separately from the parents to ween them off that influence. Also, you should know that Travis is recovering from being shot a couple weeks ago. Clipped and collapsed his lung. Having him near Dr. Isles until he recovers might be the best option there.
"Queen and Merlyn are also a couple, the beginnings of one, at least. I always said there was something in the water. Anyway, Queen's good. He might possibly give G a run for his money on taciturn. But, survival skills? He's good. We've had the two of them and Sean working in a unit under Savannah's lead and Queen's taught them all how to use that bow of his. After a recent reorganization Renko, Claudia, Dr. Isles, and Spencer were added to the student list as well and we have bows for all eight of them. Merlyn seems to have his addiction under control now as well and he and Thomas are kind of their own NA sponsors with Queen and Marks supporting them.