[ She hesitates before contacting Yancy, if only because the Drift that Mako shares with Raleigh is shared between Raleigh and Yancy too. For some reason the same line of inquiry that had come easily with Barnaby feels like the prelude to a betrayal with Yancy — but if anyone were to understand Raleigh as good (no, better) than she did, it would have to be Yancy.
( v i i i : d6 )
The ping comes in the late afternoon. ]
Yancy.
( v i i i : d6 )
yes, sweetheart.
[ The endearment is new, and he realizes it might throw Mako, but some things need a beginning somewhere and he figures today might as well be it. ]