"I don't think Jack will work. He tore up a bar over people close to me."

He didn't want to start anything between the friends but it was worth mentioning. He didn't really think Joe would but in a drunken stupor who knew how he might react.

"You are short." Aarne giggled because, to him, everyone but Ziggy was short. Some were a lot shorter, especially the Spiders.

"I don't know, you tell me. What makes you so late and Rik look so well rested and happy?"