Fefoo

Arthur goes into the cabin, to find a bandage.

Sweezus follows him in.

Anyone got a bandage? asks Arthur.

You have, says Gaius. You always keep one in your pocket.

Arthur had forgotten. He plunges a bleeding hand into his pocket.

He pulls out a dirty bandage.

Celia has been watching.

It's dirty, says Celia.

It's my knee bandage, says Arthur.

There'll be germs on it, says Celia.

Let's see! says Terence.

You can't see germs, says Celia.

Arthur doesn't believe there are germs on his bandage.

It has been in his pocket a long time, lying next to a feather.

Disinfectant! says Gaius.

Humboldt searches the kitchen. No luck.

Just tie it on, says Arthur. Cut it in half first.

Yeah, says Sweezus. Both hands cut. You idiot. How're you going to ride with those injuries?

I'll do it, says Arthur. You know me.

Yes, he does know him.

He will become weirder than ever, and start spouting poems.

He will need to be monitored.

Snip. Gaius cuts the dirty bandage in half with the scissor app on his Swiss army knife.

Sweezus ties two short bandages round Arthur's cut hands.

I can see the germs, says Terence.

No you can't, says Celia. But they'll be there. However if Arthur's immune system is strong enough, he will heal up regardless.

Inside the bandages the little germs are listening.

hehoo

some of them are germs which have leapt off a feather

fefoo.

Roderick should be here shortly, says Gaius. Have we got everything?

I haven't, says Terence. Not everything. I had a tee shirt that said "I'm a morning person". Where is it?

That was years ago, says Sweezus. And it didn't say that.

Maybe it wasn't it, says Terence.

It was, says Sweezus. Anything more recent?

My Peruvian hat with side flaps, says Terence

Lost in Melbourne, says Sweezus.  More recent?

My bird book and my magic bracelet?

Got them, says Sweezus. And your red pot. It's still soft. Maybe we should leave it.

It's Blue Claw's dream home, says Terence. It's coming.

So everything is settled.

Except that Roderick had said 'back this arvo' which meant after lunch.

And there is no lunch.

Gaius unpacks his one withered apple, and they share it.

Sweezus feeds Arthur his quarter, while Arthur rests his hands.

One feels okay. The other is tingling.

fefoo.