[a lovely park in early summer.  ah, you can almost smell the grass and feel the sun's warmth radiating from the sidewalks and--

feel the pain of a sudden blur colliding head-on with a tree in the foreground.  ow.  the blur, now identifiable as thor since he's no longer speeding along, rolls onto the grass face up.  he lies there spreadeagled until kamina arrives on the scene about four seconds later.  kamina surveys the scene--a banged-up bike, a tree with a huge thor-shaped hole in it, and thor doing nothing about the huge gash in his forehead.

he says,]

I ain't paying for this one.

[For a moment, all that can be heard is what sounds like soft static, but once the picture clicks on and clears up, it's clear that the sound is nothing more than a nice, heavy rain. It's the kind of evening rain that most people would enjoy after a hot summer day, but from the looks of the shadowed man sitting near the window, there's little joy to be had in it.

A moment later, a little white dragon flutters over to settle on his lap before looking up at the brooding man with a soft 'kyuu' of concern.]

[Candace looks out from the screen and sighs.]

This place is almost as confusing as my brothers.