{"id":604,"date":"2026-02-01T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=604"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:42:07","slug":"chapter-1-connectedness001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/01\/chapter-1-connectedness001\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1 Connectedness001"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/01\/05\/blank-page-xxxvi\/\">Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page 1 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/02\/chapter-1-connectedness002\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>Chapter 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectedness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen BarmyWaffle first mentioned <em>Graceful Cantilever Springs<\/em>,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cI thought he was talking about an idyllic oasis in the countryside. It turns out that graceful cantilever springs are some type of mechanical device that the boffins get excited about. It\u2019s not some kind of yoga retreat at all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a restrained smile, KristalClear is keeping her emotions firmly under control. She looks up to check the expression on NutJob\u2019s face, nods reassuringly, and says, \u201cI\u2019m sure you\u2019ll like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guiding her gorgeous, long, dark brown hair over her right ear, she continues, \u201cBarmyWaffle sounds like a bigger geek than you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NutJob is a little cautious when making new friends for the first time. He\u2019s known KristalClear for a while, and he\u2019s met Commander Crush a few times, but he\u2019s never met a scientist from the Garrison. Although he\u2019s just heard a lot about him. BarmyWaffle should be retired by now, he\u2019s four times older than the youngsters, and he\u2019s twice the age of his boss, Commander Crush!<\/p>\n<p>While waiting, NutJob is understandably nervous, and that\u2019s allowed KristalClear and her friend CandiCrush, to dominate all the chat.<\/p>\n<p>KristalClear and NutJob both attend Broadland Park High School. She likes him, but she\u2019s not sure how much. She likes to say that once he\u2019s had time to get to know you, and you\u2019ve had time to get to know him, he\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p>Even if he is a bit shy and geeky, he\u2019s generally a bright and cheerful young man, and his eyes are a delight. They are deep blue, happy eyes. Complemented by short, dark hair, a cute button nose and his soft, unblemished complexion, he has a slight baby face, which makes everybody think that he\u2019s younger than he really is.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/01\/05\/blank-page-xxxvi\/\">Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page 1 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/02\/chapter-1-connectedness002\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous \u2013 Book1 Page 1 \u2013 Next Chapter 1 Connectedness \u201cWhen BarmyWaffle first mentioned Graceful Cantilever Springs,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cI thought he was talking about an idyllic oasis in the countryside. It turns out that graceful cantilever springs are some type of mechanical device that the boffins get excited about. It\u2019s not some kind of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/01\/chapter-1-connectedness001\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 1 Connectedness001&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":903,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}