19 REUNION
Karla and Tom were busy feeding each other small squares of watermelon. Markus and Vera were sitting across from them at the table with that uncomfortable look that people get on their faces when they are subjected to such displays of intimacy with no easy exit available. Tom and Karla knew this, and so they were not going to make it easy for their associates.
A bee buzzed into the vicinity, attracted by the sweet wetness of the melon. Carefully sighting, Tom used one of the disposable spoons to flip it in catapult fashion toward Vera, who promptly shrieked and ducked the hurtling insect. She displayed a form of humorous displeasure with her three laughing companions but quickly got over it.
They all knew that they were getting to the beginning of the repair of this worldline
