It was neither Saturday nor Tuesday, so Carter was pleased to see that both him and Fjord were present today. Turning from where he was busy setting out a selection of iced shortbread cookies, Carter smiled at the class. “How was your vacation?”

Not the most complex start to a class but it was the first day back after holidays. The students probably didn’t mind.

"Eventful? Unexpected? Glad to be back?" Fjord was actually in pretty good spirits, today. Athens had been good for him, just familiar enough to make him feel not entirely out of place, just different enough to feel like a vacation. "Was there anything in particular you enjoyed about it? Anything you didn't care for?"

“What did you see and do? Did you buy anything for yourself that you feel like sharing?” Carter laughed. “There’s a great number of questions we could ask about how your vacations went—are there any that you would ask us?”

Yes, today was a talk about vacation day. Definitely.

"Part of the whole 'friends and influence,'" Fjord was never leaving off the 'influence' part, sorry Carter, "thing is being open to conversation, understanding that there's some give and take, and since I'm certain the break brought something a little different for each of you, this is as good a topic as any." He spread his hands and smiled crookedly. "So, let's half a conversation. Tell us about your break."

[Plz to be waiting for the OCD is up, up, and away!]