"So, uh," Ivy's voice comes out a bit rough; she clears her throat.  "Hi.  I'm still totally gonna help you spring all the shelter cats tonight, but like . . . do you need me before then?  Is there anything for me to do?  Should I like, go pack, or something, for maybe moving to your cylinder exploration city?"

"I don't think I need you before then, you are welcome to go pack, do you need a ride?"

"Yes please."

"Motorcycle sidecar all right?"

"Sure."

He presents her with a helmet and mounts up.

In she goes!  "My car's just at that parking lot where we were before."

He can find his way back there no problem.

"Thanks.  And good luck with - you sure have an awful lot to deal with."

"Thanks. I think it'll all shake out but it'll take a few days."

"I hope so.  If you need me for anything else I think you have my number and I'll hang at home till evening."

"Thank you. See you later."

And off he motors.

Ian's car and the new family motorcycle are back in the driveway.

Oh good. He'll pop in and see if they need anything and if they don't he might go hang out in the camper.

"I think we're about as okay as can be expected.  Thank you."

"It might be useful for this one of me to have a vehicle available, if I'm staying here instead of going back with you."

"Sure, whaddaya want?"

"A sky blue and white Lundares Vas convertible?  The . . . hm, the 786 CK Arena, please."

"Assuming that the model adequately determines where each of those colors go on it -" Poof.

It appears to be an existing colorway.  For some reason its appearance causes Felicity to start giggling harder than any of her current bodies have had occasion to before.

"If this car is remarkable enough to get you pulled over I'm not sure it was advisable."

"I hope not; it's a little new and fancy but I don't think enough for that.  It's just - when some of my kids would say, oh, 'I want Admiral Crispy's', or ask for an expensive toy, I would always respond with 'And I want a blue Lundares Vas convertible'.  And now I have one, just like that, and also we're going to make it so that every kid can have name-brand cereal and formerly-expensive toys.  And the adults, too.  So, thank you for my new expensive toy."

"You're welcome," Cam says, awag.

"I think I'll take it for a test drive.  I haven't actually been in one before."

"I hope it handles nicely."

And he will leave chez Princess and go figure out how to... ah, he needs to meet the liaison from Verona, how should he be managing that...