"I'm just glad you said it instead of me," he said with a grin. "If they realized who you were, they probably wouldn't kill you. It would depend on who got to you first and what they thought you were trying to do. On the positive side, I'd probably be called in first to deal with it rather than Meredith.

"If you get giggly, I won't say a thing." There was something about his expression that said that might not be entirely true. "I think the trick is just making sure we're at the same level of intoxication. Then neither of us will be in any position to judge." They also might not be in any position to get the traps up or steer the skiff, but that was far enough away he didn't have to give it much thought.

His thoughts drifted to something else though, and he looked back up at the sky to avoid having to look at her directly for the question. "What would you have done if I had agreed to your proposition on the spot?"