Ford grinned, pleased to have apparently beaten Tycho to the punchline here (though whether this was something to be pleased about was... rather questionable. Probably it just meant he was well and truly corrupted by now, but since that was mostly Ty's fault he couldn't help but feel a touch proud of himself all the same).

"I can't get away," he said, after a glance around as though assessing the space for the nearest exit. "Still chaperoning. And I don't know where my brother's gotten off to."

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