The person now sitting in the chair was Linda Madison, mother of Jon, Mikey, and Zoe. She had just fallen asleep, taking a short nap at the police station after a very strenuous and fruitless search for first one and then two of her children. She was dressed in pink swimming trunks, the same color as General Preston's.
After years of raising three children, Linda had learned to be a heavy sleeper, so not even her teleportation to the pool seemed to wake her, at least not immediately. Maybourn and Preston glanced at each other in confusion.
"Whenever one leaves the chair, another must take its place," Maybourn realized.
"I think you're right, assuming I showed up right after someone else," the General replied. "In that case, let the woman sleep. We don't need to complicate the situation any further by admitting even more people in."
