"Thanks, Ash. Thanks, Astral." Alyx munched and drank happily. She noticed Emma was looking a bit odd.

"Emma, I must say I never expected to see you in an aloha shirt! (That's what we call those Hawaiian print shirts, btw.) Doesn't seem your style!"

Emma swallowed and appeared to search for an answer. Then Alyx spied the end of what looked like a wooden tube sticking out of the bushes. "Hey, what's that?"