[ He has been rather scarce. Busy. Distracted. What with the many wooden thingies to whittle and a whole new vervain nursery to care for and a new apartment to furnish and blah, blah, blah. All the excuses ever. ]
Oh, we both know that I'm way more adult than that. [ He cuts the line and orders two slushies. ] Blue for me and a pink one for the cheerleader.