"So Urukáme's the one we ought to bring to the party," Dan says, juggling Virginia around in his hands. "Don't know why I didn't reckon you for a rap fan, Ric."

If a ferret could grin, Virginia would. "I ain't a fan of safe anyhow. It's more interesting, always having to improvise."

"You know by now there ain't never enough trouble for us," Dan says. "You're a superhero, you get it."

There are those who run away from fires, and those who run into them.