Kash was not in his room. Nor in the stables. Nor in the gym or on the trails or in a hole somewhere dark and deep where he could brood about not having Zahra around like he was the only one missing someone from home.

In fact, it had been an hour and sobriety was starting to making confused noises in Percy's brain and he still hadn't found Kash.

Percy wandered back into the cafe, planning to get another drink for fortification, when he saw Vax and Kash sitting together.

He was briefly annoyed, then pleased at Vax's cleverness in catching their quarry. "Ah, there you are. Been looking everywhere."