Drake smiled. "I'm just glad you like it. I wasn't sure if you had one, but thought it would be a good gift anyway." He shrugged. "Can't have too many helpful accessories, right?" That had been the logic, anyway. And after everything that had happened, he was sure that Merri was only going to get worse about his germ aversion. Not that Drake could blame him, but still.
"Opens mid-Taurus, I think," he replied. "I'll have to double check with Ari. And no, Founders is next month." It seemed so close. Last Founders, he was still living a nice, carefree, paperworkless life. How time flew by. He couldn't believe it had nearly been a year since he'd been appointed; it really hadn't felt that long, but then, that might have been because it seemed like something new needed to be taken care of every other week.