Northstar Vale [m] but I'm as good once as I ever was

A brilliant grin snuck onto Easy's face as the young man named himself an explorer, an adventurer. He reminded her of her own youth, and as far as she was concerned, these were things on which years might be well-spent.

"That sounds exciting," she replied, filled in equal measures by nostalgia and curiosity. "Have you found many treasures yet?" She bared her teeth in a grin: "In case it is not clear, I am hoping for a story."

She arranged herself on her belly, like a teenage girl at a slumber party, to listen in. She wanted to have something she could tell her children if and when they were born. She would make sure they knew his name — it would be up to him to decide whether or not they knew his face.

"If you make it stirring enough," she hinted, coquettish, "There might be something in it for you."