WIP extract book 2 of 6
SlenderWolf In With the In Crowd
Chapter 6
Laissez Faire
“There are portraits of Doctors of Engineering spread all over the Harrison Research Institute, and I’m told there are more in the Wolfie Windy Water Research Institute in Ulverston.”
“Would you like to do a Diplôme?” asks Conning, “I’m sure you have the ability!”
“I have the option”, he says, “but it takes five years, it’s a lot of hard work, and I’d need a supervisor with a Diplôme and a shared interest in my thesis. My problem is that I have no idea which bit of engineering I’m really passionate about. I just want to invent things. But I would have to propose a thesis very soon to make the switch away from the regular apprentice track. My GuildMaster is a lovely old bloke, a true classic gentleman and I’d hesitate to leave him in favour of a new mentor.”
“When do you have to tell them?”
“I need a mentor, a working title and a draft research proposal before 31 August!”
“You can do all that HayWire! You can be Dr Clark, and everybody would respect you.”
“I’ve thought long and hard about it, but I don’t know!”
“I’d support you all the way,” says Conning,
A watercolour painting of an attractive young girl aged 17. She has gorgeous long medium ash brown hair and her eyes are dark chestnut brown. Her face has a picture perfect smile revealing lovely white teeth. She is wearing a powerful yellow crop top dance outfit over a curvaceous body. The image is labelled Conning (Manx, pronounced KonYing, meaning bunny).
A watercolour painting of an 19 year old young man - he has fly away golden blonde hair and blue eyes - in this relaxed pose he has a thoughtful and neutral expression - he is wearing a white T shirt - the image is labelled HayWire
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#WIPsnips 26 Mar option
Conning has faith in HayWire and wants him to gain his Diplôme Supérieur
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