Tyki was having a good time, too. He was in a beautiful city he'd only visited a few times, on a boat with a pretty girl in his arms, who even had a braincell or two to rub together.

She was a challenge, and that was even more fun.

He relaxed with her against him for a few minutes, listening to the lapping of the water on the piles, then the gondola bumped gently into a dock. "Ah, here we are," he said. "There's a lovely little shop here that should have everything you need."