> > "It was peaceful, I guess is the word." He stirs his drink with the
> >
> > kabob. "I had time to think things over, and the fishing was good,
> > too." He smiles. "I knew something was up when I commed Woof, so I
> > cut
> > my trip short and started back when you called me."
>
> "Peaceful can be very good at times.  As a matter of fact 
there
> are some
> days when peaceful is a gift.  Fishing very good, what did you catch?

"Sleep. mostly."

>  Well, it
> seemed to me that everyone should be present and you were still away.
>  I didn't
> even get permission to pick you up.  I expect that was a faux pas on
> my part. I
> guess I'm used to working on own...I'm going to have to adjust to
> working in a
> group."  April smiles at him.

"This is a different situation for me, as well. Our cousins seem to be, 
by and large, a reliable group of people." He sits back comfortably in 
his chair. "What do you think of our merry crew?"

JR