Solve All Our Problems

Arthur and Bunny walk down to the harbour. Nikolaos is not on the boat.

He must have left already, says Bunny.

Arthur sees something glinting on the deck. A gold coin. And another. He picks them up and shoves them into his pocket.

Let's explore Kas, says Bunny. Before Ageless gets here.

They wander off to explore Kas. The King's Tomb. The Cistern. The Ancient Theatre.

That done, they go back to their hotel.

There is a large wet box sitting on the desk at reception, labelled BUNNY, Hotel Kayahon.

That'll be him, mutters Bunny, poking the box.

Let me out, grates a voice that could only be Ageless.

Let's wait a bit, says Arthur. Let's have lunch first.

They go up to the rooftop cafe to have lunch.

Who should be there?

Nikolaos!

Hello, says Bunny. What's up?

We have to leave town, says Nikolaos. I have been arrested and imprisoned for stealing a boat.

We? says Bunny. Wait a minute. You aren't imprisoned.

Who am I? says Nikolaos.

Oh, yes of course. Saint Nicholas. So you did some self- whisking, says Bunny.

I prefer not to call it that, says Nikolaos, but yes. However, you are in danger. The Polis know you are here.
I suggest you don't wait for your cuttlefish, but pack up at once and escape.

We don't need to wait for the cuttlefish, says Arthur. It's dead.

All the better, says Nikolaos.

Yes, says Bunny, but now we're stuck with a lobster, newly moulted, downstairs.

Lobster? says Nikolaos. Am I missing something? Is it your lunch?

If only, says Bunny. It's our travelling companion, turned up like a bad penny.

Very good, says Nikolaos. So where shall the four of us go?

Pamukkale, says Arthur decisively. That will solve all our problems.

Bunny wonders how.