"Sure we can," Katchoo replied, seemingly not bothered at all by this, and really if you boiled it down to a matter of semantics there was a world of difference between how they couldn't, and how they shouldn't. And Francine hadn't addressed the propriety of it there, had she? So ha. "Not like there's much left at the moment anyway."

Plus it was something to do to keep from moping, and might kill a little time while waiting, and . . . yeah, just go with it. It was better than moping.