"Papa-bear streak. That should go over great with Scott." No, no it wouldn't. Maybe if Alan caught Scott before he was really up and awake, but he didn't expect it to last long. Who knew. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as he was imagining. Maybe.

"There's plenty of reading material there if you want it. You want me to swing you by there instead of the lake?" He didn't need to hang around to supervise, but he needed to figure out where he was going. He stopped walking to ask that one. He needed a direction.