Remy was jogging when he spotted her, and swerved to follow her. Then he paused as she did and grinned. He waited for that perfect moment wit her bent and her head upside down, water streaming downward, to speak, his drawl thick.

"Now, there's a sight for sore eyes, chere'. Makes a man wish he had come along sooner." Remy'd never say that to anyone he couldn't joke with, but Noriko? He was better could take and give it, just as well.