"I'll be there in a minute." Vincent was working on a small project designed to let his subconscious brain work over some roadblocks he'd hit on other projects. The time-waster was a tracking system for Jay to use on that space-rodent he'd adopted. Now if he could just get the tag on the little beast...

He's still tinkering with part of it when he arrives in the kitchen, not making eye contact yet. "Yes?"