The first day had been hard, he had to admit. Mufflestonehaugh Tidgebrighamport ("It's pronounced Marshton, actually") had asked him what brand of boat shoe his father had been, and pursed her mouth politely when he told her his father had been a human man. "Not a boat shoe?" "No, his name's Gordon. He lives in Ypsilanti with my mother." "Who is...also a human woman?" "Yeah, she is. She's a math teacher, actually." "Not an old brick…