Wesley had been hard to find for the past few days, in fact. Besides training with Fray, he'd been off in the library, trying to browse through the books and see if anything new or different existed here due to the temporal confusion.
He took a few out and lugged them home in a tote bag, thanking the librarian profusely until she blushed and shooed him out with her hands. His hair stuck straight up in the front from where he had run his hand through it while reading.
As he passed the front office building, he debated going inside to say hello to Mr. Bates. The poor fellow could use a friend, he lived out here all alone. Except for...you know.
When he heard a female voice coming from inside the office, he hesitated. Perhaps it was a guest. Perhaps it was someone who was interested in Norman and would get him away from "Mother"....or perhaps it was someone who would set Mother off.
Then he heard his name.
"Fred?"
Peering in the door, he looked around the office for the one person he was always happiest to see in the City. Or anywhere, really.