Tater Snakes

I dropped down the deck and Breth was sitting having tea with two of his wives. If I remembered right, these were the wives doing prep, Dare, and Po, in their traditional Christmas colors of red and green. Breth pulled out a chair for me beside him and beckoned for me to sit down with a pat on the chair seat.

"Hyde! What pleasure do I owe a visit from our humble leader? Come sit down, Mindi and Kari are just finishing off the cooking for the morning meal. They will be up soon, but come join us and have a cup of Menja!"

"Thanks, Breth. Good morning Po and Dare, how is life treating you now? Compared to before, and this isn't to imply that the way you were living before was bad, but I am just curious."

"Safe"

Both women said the one word together and then stopped speaking, thinking one had talked over the other. The two women looked at each other and laughed, which was contagious, making both me and Breth join in. Once we all settled, Po spoke first.