A flood of welcome flew through Gent at Peri's comfortable teasing. It really had been far to long. He knew what she meant about clean breaks but he had to feel sorry for her, at least a little. It was always hard losing a lover. But she didn't seem too terribly upset about it... so he gave her a gently pat on the shoulder, his large hands covering the entire delicate thing, and hoped it would suffice as comfprt for now.

Gent felt his flood of comfprt freeze over when Peri's voice took on another tone. Gypsy had been a friend and a confidant to Gent for years, had never taken out on him the fact that he never stuck around for long and had made him feel at homw every time he stopped in Sundance. He couldn't bear it if something had happened to her in his absence. He gulped.

"What... happened?"