Terence and Roo-kai are the only ones up there.
It's a bad day for seeing Surfers Paradise in the distance.
Is that it? asks Terence.
It might be, says Roo-kai.
It looks like Barcelona, says Terence.
Why Barcelona? asks Roo-kai.
Because I can't see that either, says Terence.
You made a joke! says Roo-kai.
Did I? says Terence. What was it?
It's beyond me to explain it, says Roo-kai.
Terence looks down.
He sees Gaius turning his head this way and that way.
He'll be looking for you, says Roo-kai.
He should look up, says Terence. Have you got anything to drop on him?
Roo-kai is not surplus to Terence's requirements for nothing.
Look in your pocket, says Roo-kai.
Terence feels in his pocket. Roo-kai's chevalier medal!
Drop that, says Roo-kai.
Then he'll think you're up here, says Terence.
I am, says Roo-kai. He'll look up, and then he'll see both of us.
If he's not unconscious, says Terence.
He drops the medal.
Will it land on Gaius's head, and render him unconscious?
No, it doesn't. But it lands near his feet.
Roo-kai's medal! Gaius looks up and spies Terence, leaning over a railing.
He hurries up the steps.
There you are! says Gaius.
Yes, says Terence. I don't have stone problems.
No you don't, says Gaius. You don't have kidneys or a gall bladder, so you could never develop stones. I was thinking of the high oxalate content of beetroot, but failed to take into account your composition.
That's bad, says Terence.
That's good, says Gaius. And furthermore, you'll be pleased to know that Katherine is coming with us to Toowoomba.
Why is that good? asks Terence.
You can go in her car, says Gaius. There was no room for you in the Mazda.
What about the frogs? asks Terence.
They may go in whichever vehicle they choose, says Gaius.
They'll choose me, says Terence. And Roo-kai will.
Lucky Katherine, says Gaius.
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