He laughed again, and once she released him he leaned back against the couch, settling so he was sitting a little lower down.

"One of these days," he started as he folded his hands together over his stomach, "we're going to actually manage to have a trip between the two of us."

A blink, then he glanced over. "Which kinda reminds me, I think Mokey caught that cold I had. She was feeling a little punky the other morning."