Sure
"Alpha one to 3.7. Where's that partner of yours?"
At first, such a request to either was unproductive; was to be greeted with a faint air of defensiveness. Unspoken: what business of mine is it how he spends his down hours?
Eventually, they gelled. Now each always had the answer, cavalier and blithe.
But then an uncomfortable period indeed. Still they claimed knowledge of where the other was to be found: but sometimes in aggressive certainty, sometimes with sour suspicion.
These days, they don't always know where the other is. Yet casual assurance issues from them.
Cowley doesn't know why.
At first, such a request to either was unproductive; was to be greeted with a faint air of defensiveness. Unspoken: what business of mine is it how he spends his down hours?
Eventually, they gelled. Now each always had the answer, cavalier and blithe.
But then an uncomfortable period indeed. Still they claimed knowledge of where the other was to be found: but sometimes in aggressive certainty, sometimes with sour suspicion.
These days, they don't always know where the other is. Yet casual assurance issues from them.
Cowley doesn't know why.