He puts his arm around her and leans against the fence, surveying their horse farm. "That it is. And that was fine. I'd had the food shipped in -- it's amazing how many delivery services actually know about the Nexus! -- so I didn't need to hurry, but I was glad you were going to be here to keep an eye on things."

There was another message from Rebecca on his machine, damn it all, but tonight's about fun things so he won't bring it up.