Prequel/outtake of my story Learning Home, which was written in the early months of 2004 for Beyond Dreams 7. This piece was actually how I started writing the original version of Learning Home. I had a complete outline for a lengthy novel, and realized I'd never get it written by deadline, dammit! So here is the first two chapters of that longer story idea...it still makes a damn good prequel of sorts. Not a lot of action, per se, but...I'm rather fond of my older guys here. Hope you are, too.