As instructed to do so, Cutty made his way up to the Astronomy Professor's office. He was actually quite looking forward to a little man-to-man time with Professor Flamsteed and he wondered what the Astronomer would have in mind for a detention. Airey Flamsteed had earned the repuation of being a learned man in Cutty Mordaunt's mind given all that he had published in the recent past. The kid looked up to see the framed magazine cover with Flamsteed on the cover.

Ah, so he had a bit of ego.



Cutty could work with that. He knocked on the door then picked up the copy of StarDate Observer and flopped carelessly on to the leather seat with crunches and squeaks that the material was known to make.