By this time there's no way to stall any further, the board is set up, and B leans down to collect the now-tired Vesta to set on his knee. She accepts this with good grace and lets him pet her slowly and carefully.

He's settled into patiently listening, curious more about the feats and adventures the two friends got up to than about the whole sex part (c'mon, not important, stick with the fun fighting parts boys). Wondering idly whether one or the other was always hauling the other out of trouble.