Cissie let it go without comment--for now. But it worried her. "Sleeping bags next?" She picked up a sleeping bag and tossed it to Cassie. "We should make a list of things people need to remember to pack for themselves. You know Kon will need it," she teased.

She started tossing sleeping bags to Cassie, counting them as she went, and after the fourth one, she asked, "How're you doing?"