I am rather fond of my toaster. [ Ferdi quipped back with a smile. ] I suppose I may try with the dishes, though, but if I got rather attached to the feeling then I might have to spend quite a bit in replacements.

[ Ferdi's eyes are appraising but more so in the admiring way than any judgment. He's less guarded here than he had had to be when he was in Germany -- he was a lot less of a lot of things here. ]

I make drinks at Mahogany.