“When in doubt, head under the bed," Tamani said with a grin.”

“You ready for this?" Shar asked. "Yeah," Tamani said, a grin spreading across his face, "Oh, yeah.”

“Human locks? Please," Tamani said. "May as well leave the door open.”

“I'm not asking for forever," Tamani said. "Yet. I'm just asking for a moment.”

“You could be David's friend too". She glanced at Tamani when he said nothing. He was frowning. "The two of you really have a lot in common, and we're all in this together".He shook his head. "It wouldn't work"."Why not? He's a nice guy. And it would do you good to have some human friends", she said hinting at what she suspected was the root of the problem. "It's not that", Tamani said, gesturing vaguely with one hand."Then why?" Laurel asked, exasperated."I just don't want to cosy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing”

“You're sitting on my bed," he said. "Did yo think I was under it?”