It was mussed now, and the knot had started to come loose.
He looked a lot healthier than he had when they had first landed. More peaceful, more content. He appeared to have gained ten pounds and shed, five years in the last six months.
And now the vacation was over. It was time to go back.
"Ray," Eckert called out to him softly.
Templin didn't stir, but continued his soft and very regular breathing.
Eckert found a book and dropped it on the floor with a thud. Templin woke up, but didn't move.
"What do you want, Ted?"
"How did you know it was me?"
Templin chuckled, as if it were hugely funny. "Riddles yet. Who else would it be? No Tunpeshan would be rude enough to wake somebody up in the middle of a nap, so it had to be you."
"You know what you would have done if somebody had awakened you like that five months ago?"