As an extra new precaution for him, Aradee then wrote
(On the smallest piece of paper that would fit) a timely note
To her younger self, in case he needed help substantiating
That he was the one that teenage Aradee should end up dating.
It was written to her younger self, with things that only she
Could have known, to prove the Ken she sent was someone meant to be.
Then she took a photograph of him and her beside an awning,
And advised him to conceal it, with the greatest spoiler warning.
If their courtship went successfully, the shot would contradict
What went on in altered history, But he neednt be that strict.
Nonvor came to their assistance, and the lady of the present
Kissed him one more time, before his image turned to iridescent.
Ken and Nonvor vanished from her sight, and thirty years ago,
In the afternoon, the garden briefly took on quite a glow,
As the travellers reached the time required, and Nonvor gave the letter
And the picture to him, saying, If I go now, it is better.
I cant stay here in this time. I shouldnt meet the teenaged me,
Whom she often asked around to visit here. But youll soon see
Both of us as girls your age. Im glad your hearts on my old school friend.
If you changed my courtship with the king, youd make my rightful rule end.
Nonvor went back to the distant future, where shed kept her sight
On continuing to care for her new husband Friemann Flyte.
Ken met both the giant girls that afternoon, and started seeing
Lovely Aradee, whose dolls house was his, with her folks agreeing.
When the decades of their marriage brought him back to present day
(To the date of their first meeting, which he knew would ever stay
In his memory, he at last produced the letter and decaying
Hidden photograph, and told her things hed wanted to be saying.
Thats a picture I cannot remember taking! she exclaimed,
And a letter where so many secret things are really named
In my writing. Then he told her of the truth hed been suppressing
Thirty years ago. She said, My darling, you have been a blessing.
When I think I lived that time alone, a fact I since forgot,
Since, for me, it didnt happen, I sure owe myself a lot
For conspiring with you, so that we could have this happy rerun.
I was married to an earthling, back when no-one else would see one.
In the present, which theyd reached by waiting, Alicindra stewed.
She was sure that Kaytes primeval urge had only been subued.
She would never lose her urge to eat a little earth boy fully,
Til shed done it, but would face the retribution for a bully.
At a LATERALDATE event, Kaytes Mom was talking to a lad,
Who was 13. When shed given all the details, Bernard had
An idea. He said, She would have fully satisfied her craving,
If Glin wasnt rescued. Then you say shed spend her life behaving?
Author's Chapter Notes:
A new client of Alicindra's comes up with a way to help Kayte