Dane learned something new every day. After Lumie had introduced himself and Becky had finished cooing over him, she had reached into her desk and pulled out a large handful of candy. Apparently the best way to get Lumie's attention was to bribe him with sugar because he let go of Dane's leg and dashed to Becky's side as quickly as his little legs could take him. Lumie had picked all the red colored candy out of Becky's hand and was currently sitting on the floor in the middle of the office, carefully tasting each one. "Any messages?" Dane finally asked Becky, tearing his attention away from Lumie carefully separating out all the red gummy fish from a packet of multicolored ones. Becky was smiling at Lumie, but it faded as she looked up at Dane. He hated to remind her of the bad deal they were fighting with Jacobson, but at the same time as Lumie was in hog heaven—or was that fire dragon heaven?—Nickel was glaring a hole into Dane's back. Did it say something weird about Dane that he wanted to hug homicidal Nickel more than adorable Lumie?
