Can I watch it? asks Terence.
We'll watch it together, says Gaius. Then we'll go home.
They sit side by side on the sand at Saint Kilda.
Ready? says Gaius.
Ready, says Terence. No wait, I'm not ready.
He smoothes the sand, and picks a few sticks out.
Now he's ready.
Gaius plays the video, on his phone.
That's him! says Terence. The missing one!
No, says Gaius. That's his brother.
No it's him! says Terence.
That one's him, says Gaius. The first one was his brother.
Why do they both say their brother is missing? asks Terence. Are they both missing?
Not as far as I know, says Gaius.
What's THAT! asks Terence.
The quoll who joined Du Fresne's search party, says Gaius.
He looks sneaky, says Terence.
He does, says Gaius.
But he's supposed to be good! says Terence.
Yes, says Gaius. In spite of his natural instincts, he helped find the missing brother.
So he'll get a reward, says Terence.
All he asked was to be mentioned in my online notes, says Gaius. And of course, he features in the video.
He won't like looking sneaky, says Terence.
We could ask Sweezus to fix that, says Gaius. He probably could.
Yay! says Terence. Can we go straight to his house?
Why not? says Gaius. And you can stay there. You must be tired of the company of an old natural historian.
Who? asks Terence.
Me, says Gaius. You can be with Sweezus at Christmas. How does that sound?
Christmas! says Terence. Is that the chocolate one? Which I can't have?
No, says Gaius. It's the other one.
Yippee! I get a present! says Terence.
That will be up to Sweezus, says Gaius.
The more he thinks about leaving Terence with Sweezus over Christmas, the more sensible the idea becomes.
It will free him up to write the online notes. And organise somewhere to post them. Perhaps Vello will agree to publish them in Velosophy. But no. He has that pedantic rule about bikes.
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