"Likewise. And thank you, Jack." Having said so, Siebenkas made off with his tie, rolling it around his hand before slipping it into his pocket. "I believe I will take you up on that. I don't have quite Zephyr's fondness for shorelines, but I've been missing them since, well, that little jaunt the two of you had not that long ago. Zephyr says your an excellent student, by the way."

Well, Zephyr had said a lot of things. Many of which were not typical for a person speaking to their father, though they had been /very/ enthusiastic, and so Siebenkas had accepted them for what they were- stories of happiness. He did wonder very briefly if perhaps Jack's parents weren't quite so open-minded. But, then again, not every set of parents included people who were both capable of philosophizing for hours on end on why nakedness was /good/, as had been the case with him and Nathalie back in Taber.