"Fair enough," Jono replied, blinking up at her. "Like you said... brain. Putting it back together."

Last thing they needed was a heated discussion about that. Hannibal had already given Jono his opinion on that one, at any rate, and the advice had been good enough, even if he didn't quite seem to agree with Jono's cause for distress.

"I don't think I've seen Sookie cranky before, come to think of it."