He looks at the piece as if he expects it to say something helpful. Daine glances around the shopfront again, noting how much progress he's made, wondering just how long he's been at it.

Surely he doesn't expect to reopen today. There can't be that much of a rush, not with everyone still cleaning up.

"Why don't we take a break," Daine suggests, her tone gentle but firm. "We could get some tea and--and go to the beach, or out to the farmhouse, and I'll introduce you to some of my friends." Getting out of town, away from all the clearest evidence of what transpired last night, seems like a good idea. And Mithros knows there's no better cure for the foolishness two-leggers get up to than spending time with the People, if you ask her.