Why She Laughed

So this is goodbye, says Katherine.

Goodbye, says Terence.

Not you, says Katherine. Start packing.

Packing what? asks Terence.

Your things, says Katherine. Gaius, where are Terence's things?

He has no things, says Gaius. If he did, he has lost them. 

Monty! says Terence.

Yes, Monty, says Gaius. At least he was only a toy horse. Imagine if you'd lost a real one.

Terence imagines losing a real one. 

It would have been better.

He might be in my glove box, says Katherine.

He's sure to turn up, says Gaius. Are you planning to drive all the way back to Adelaide?

No, says Katherine. I hired the car in Brisbane. I'll drop it off there and fly home.

Yippee! says Terence. I like flying. So does Roo-kai.

Roo-kai, says Katherine. Is he coming?

Yes, says Terence. 

Have you asked him? asks Katherine.

No, says Terence. 

It would be nice if you asked, says Roo-kai. 

Are you coming? asks Terence. 

Yes, says Roo-kai. 

Do you have any things? asks Katherine.

No, says Roo-kai.

Too easy, says Katherine. Well goodbye Gaius, good luck with counting the gobies.

Goodbye, Katherine, says Gaius. I should have liked to be coming myself, but this year the team doesn't need me.

They must have someone else in mind, says Katherine. It can't be just David and Vello. 

Another philosopher, perhaps, says Gaius. 

Quite likely, says Katherine. Easy enough to find out. 

Is it? asks Gaius.

Katherine gets her phone out and googles the start list.

Team Philosophe: Francois-Marie Arouet, David Hume, Nikolaj Grundtvig. Ha!

You laugh, says Gaius. 

Grundtvig, says Katherine. Also known as N F S Grundtvig. 

But she will not explain why she laughed.