Are you and Mr. Briney still in touch?
â The last time I talked taâ âim it was after Peeko got held up. â
   By an idiot subordinate, he wanted to add but refrained; lest he started and boil over in anger again.Â
   Nonetheless, that phone call was one of worry. As much as his uncle liked to muse on and on about still being at âpeak shape and physique,â he was still running around at an fragile age. The last thing heâd like on his conscious was being an indirect reason to a family members death.
   Yet the conversation was barely about what had happened.
   His voice chirped at the sudden call, happily greeting his Nephew and reassuring him that things were all right. For a while they bantered on and on about meaningless topics, stories and news that was ( for Archie ) not really news. Regardless, it was sweet game of catching up that all too quickly ended with the Aqua Leaderâs attention being dragged away.Â
   If memory served him correctly, the last thing the old man said to him was advice. Dating adviceâ but advice.
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