Kai watched as Shinji laid them out. Hmm. "Yeah," he murmured with a nod, "that checks out."

He hadn't actually thought of that story in a good long while. He couldn't say he'd ever really been a fan of it either, but there really hadn't been any escaping it. It had always kind of fallen into the category of 'at least someone's having a good day.' Hm.

"Wonder if the magpies will make it this far out."