Ragnar laughed, a genuine loud laugh, and finally stabbed at his fish. "I will help you bring your chaise lounge down to the water if that is what will encourage you," he said. "It may make you a harder man." He forked some food into his mouth, then leant a little further over the table. "I think you would enjoy camping. It is very freeing. Very manly."
Mason was wonderful. Ragnar thought he was simply one of the best people he had happened upon. "I can start gentle and lead you to the rougher wilderness when you are more used to it."