Re: Daniel/Chris/Kal - sitting area - 7:30 p.m.
"Not soon enough," Daniel sulked. "Few more weeks. I'm hopin' I healed well enough to not need a lot of PT, but we'll see. You're gonna have to go easy on me in the gym for a while. On leg day, anyway. I've been keepin' up with arms as best I can." He shrugged, and returned to his well-spiked drink. "Nothin' weird or remotely interesting here though. Chris actually dragged me out here 'cause I've been holed up doin' nothin' but work, really. I just hate luggin' this stupid thing around, you know?"
Daniel found his gaze returning to Chris and Alice; he had not known they knew one another, but in a building this small, it seemed impossible to be otherwise. His briefly creeping sense of jealousy soon faded, and he returned his focus to Kal.
"So how was... wherever you went in Africa? And am I gonna see more pictures or what?" His face lit up. "Oh, and we need to talk about how we're gonna get Chris out camping or mudding or somethin'."