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[Everything stays on the table as Janie helps him move it.]

Thank you... I'm sorry this is interrupting our um. Whatever this is.

[Julian tries to keep the table steady while they are carrying it back to the boat.]

You don't have to be sorry. While it's bizarre, it's certainly something I don't see every day. Or with anyone else.
And ... whatever it is, we can always get back to it later.

You always seem level-headed, throughout all the insanity that inevitably happens around me.

[Janie smiles, and helps him successfully load the table onto the boat]

I'm learning. I used to freak out because of things like this; but I've seen so many weird things since that this almost feels normal. It still gives me a headache if I start thinking too much about it, but it's not dangerous, not threatening ... no reason to get upset about.

[He grins and pats the table once it's on the boat.]

Let's hope it'll remain here now. Drinks?

I still freak out sometimes... Oh, it should stay in place until we get home. Thanks for helping me with it.

Yes, drinks. Can we go back to the beach?

You're welcome. As long as its only a table, not the engine or something ...

[Julian smiles and nods, gathers some bottles and looks for a blanket.]

Sure. It's nice out there. Let's have an, uh, alcoholic picnic.

No, no, the engine won't come out. It wouldn't do that to me.

[Janie snags a blanket]

It's safe enough here to do that. We'll have a great time.

Hah. Here's to a trustworthy engine.

[He grins and raises the bottle in a toast.]

I'm having a great time already. It's ... I haven't felt so safe and comfortable in a long time.

To a trustworthy engine.

[Janie smiles, and touches a bottle to Julian's, then taking a quick drink]

I'm glad, Julian. You deserve it. [Janie heads out of the boat and spreads the blanket on the sand]

I think we both deserve it.

[Julian drinks as well, then helps Janie spreading the blanket. When its done, he flops down onto it, looking happily up into the sky.]

You've no idea how much I missed this ...

[Janie sits on the blanket next to Julian, and stares out at the water]

Missed what? Picnics? Hanging out?

All of it. Picnics under a starry sky, at a beach, with someone I like a lot.

[He looks up at Janie.]

Everything alright?

I like watching the water... It's calming somehow. Everything is fine, even better than fine because you're someone that I like a lot, and this night has almost been perfect.

[He nods, smiling, understanding perfectly well how calming the water can be.]

What would have to happen to make it truly perfect?

[Janie finally lays back and looks up at the stars]

It doesn't really matter, because I don't think I want to change a thing right now. I just want to be here... because getting up would kill the moment.

[Julian smiles at her, then follows her gaze into the night sky.]

You're right, so, let's enjoy it as long as we can. If there's anything I can do to make it even better though, just tell me.

...What about you? What would make this better?

Not that I plan on getting up. All of our drinks are in reach, correct?

They are. Everything that matters is right here, at least for me. I ... I don't know what could make it better. Not really. I don't want anything to spoil this, or make it complicated.

Laying here together and getting drunk won't complicate this.

[Janie moves so she is laying closer to Julian] The stars are beautiful here...

Yes ... I suppose you're right.

[Julian glances at her, but doesn't move away. Instead, he points up into the sky, leaning in a bit to show her a few stars forming a pattern.]

They are. Do you see these? I bet it's a constellation the people here a have a name for. Which might it be?

[she's now focusing on the stars]

A... Bottle of whiskey. It's a tower, isn't it?

[He laughs and raises his bottle to compare.]

I totally see the similarity. And those over there? [He points.] Looks like a building to me. Could be the Great Sky Bar.

Ha ha, it could be! Is there a glass too?

I see two. Here and ... there.

Oh, and that dude over there? A Space Bartender. I think he's offering us a refill ...

It's always time for refills. [Janie smiles while looking up at the sky, and relaxed]