After all we do have anopen relationship here."Craig could hardly argue with that and nodded mutely. After all, he waspretending to be the guy who was...pretending to be Diana, though he knewthat he hadn't made any such agreement. If it were up to him, he'd havejust had Alice all to himself.Alice handed Diana a Venetian style mask as she picked up her handbag.This reminded Craig that Diana would need her handbag too and so he wentand fetched it from the sideboard before they headed out the front. My phone rang within a minute."You need to come to my place tonight if you want to get involved," I told him. "Eight o'clock. You interested?" Fuck yeah," he replied. "I'll tell Jen we're going out for a few beers. I told her we might get together and hang out." Sure," I agreed. "I'm sure she won't mind if you come over for an evening. She likes to come to visit Bonnie." Yeah, that's true. I will be there at eight." One thing," I added. "Dress formal, it's a special occasion. Jacket and tie.". It was January on Earth, but Mark's thoughts tended to drift to home. With its faster orbit, the planet Aina was now at summer solstice, and the village was in the middle of the farming season. It had been a rather strange time to leave, right after Kikapua had thrown his support for Kara to become the tribe's first woman ruler. But the opportunity to fulfill an old dream of showing Mayoni Annie had just proved irresistible.Mayoni sat in rapture during the show. Afterwards Mark and his family. " But tits..." Jo, my sweetest of all woodland nymphs, I adore yours. And she probably isn't a tenth of the musician nor a quarter of the punster and doesn't know a halyard from an Irish pennant."I got punched in the arm. Then a giggle. I knew I'd survived the test."Sir, we've HAD this talk. The Irish as a sea-faring race were entirely capable on our own. I have within my veins the blood of Saint Brendan." And he probably had Irish pennants." 'Irish pennant' is a term started by the British.