"Sounds like fun."Sounds like fun." "Dave, could you?" Aaden asked. "Tell Skii? Of course. Excuse me, Aaden?" "Yes, Dave?" "I should alert you that Carraraug is also on the Pendor Tours route, and Nickolai's tourgroup will be in Carraraug tonight." "Small universe," Aaden said. "Not at all," Dave said. "It's Skii's favorite place for precisely that reason. Lonely Terran males looking for companionship." "I didn't know that," Aaden said thoughtfully. "I wonder how long it'll take him to outgrow that." "Probably as long as you and Ken did," P'nyssa growled. "It only took Ken four years." "It took you four centuries." "Mea culpa," Aaden said. "Did I say that right?" "I have no idea," P'nyssa replied, throwing her mitts into the air. "You pronounced the phrase correctly," Dave informed him. "However, it's use in this particular instance is questionable, since there is nothing to blame you for." "Oh, well," Aaden said. "Win some, lose some. I'm not the linguist in this house." "That's funny," P'nyssa replied. "You know more languages than I do at this point." Aaden shrugged. "Hi, guys," N'Skii said as he came down the grilled walkway. "What can I do for you?" "Going to Carraraug tonight?" Aaden asked "I was thinking about it. Why?" "Like to take our guests with you?" Skii looked over Nickolai and Furry and said, "Sure. What's the catch?" "You go by Jialani." "You'll let me take one of the Jialani's?" Skii asked, his voice full of wonder. "That's a catch?" "And wash it when you get home," Aaden said, lacing his fingers. "This one time." "It's a deal!" "They're all yours. Will you two be staying here, or in Carraraug tonight?" Aaden asked. "Uhm, if it's alright with you, I think we'd like to stay the night in Rocchodain again." "It's alright with me," Aaden replied gracefully. "Just make sure to make reservations ahead of time. Something wrong, Skii?" "Huh? No, no, just trying to figure something out." "May I ask what?" Skii looked embarrassed for a moment. |