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The day glowered. While the cave was oppressive with the sky low and dark and the air thick, outside was worse.
Mac dealt with the weather by becoming more practical. Their in-house handyman decided it was time to call each and every expedition member into the kitchen and to work out their needs, over coffee and cake. Artemisia wondered if this was Mac’s way of ensuring that Pauline baked and that he obtained the lion’s share of the baking. She wouldn’t put it beyond him.
It was all straightforward. Mac made two lists — one for collection after breakfast the next day and another for requisition through the next datastream. It was too straightforward. He had to be doing it for the cake. Not that it didn’t have to be done, but to take most of the day, in the kitchen? She noticed tha
