"Tanning's not for me. I wouldn't be able to explain it away," Lindsey said as he busied himself with his breakfast. His answers were more natural this way as he wasn't calculating or thinking what to say for maximum effect.

"I've never been to the tropics. I've seen pictures and shows, sure, but American city and country are about the only getaways I've been to." He looked up from crunching on bacon and glanced down at Gabriel. "Will it be a real place or one of your... realities, as you call it?"