“I’m amazed you were able to build this place so rapidly and so well,” Phil said as Ethel took him on a tour of the mostly finished school. It wasn’t everything she had wanted just yet, but it was getting there. The next part would involve getting the kids to figure out which rooms they want and help customize them a little to their liking. She wanted them to feel as comfortable as possible. Her plan was a giant game night in a few days. The dining hall should be completed by then and it would be perfect for it.


    “Yes, well, when you essentially have unlimited funds and an overwhelming urge to help children who need it, you can sometimes move mountains. It doesn’t hurt that Bug managed to recruit us so much extra labor as well,” Ethel answered. While very few of Bug’s people had true construction experience, they were still mostly capable of working under orders. The capybaras were able to fill in the more technical parts of her plans as they had time. Thanks to one of the larger gateways, they were also able to bring in some of the smaller portions of the building as fully prefabricated rooms, cutting down on that building time.


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    “I’ve talked to several of the children one-on-one now, and you were right. Most of them have some severe trauma, and from what I understand, we are behind in getting their mana spirits to fully manifest as well, not that I really understand that,” Phil replied.


    “Yes, that is part of the reason for the game night. I want to get their excitement as high as we can and see if we can’t work something out there,” Ethel responded. The window they had to get these all manifested had shrank, so she needed an extra push.