Oh I like this very, very much. Love your Ashmael voice and Cal was, well, Cal. Nice banter. Loved the "smoky smile" Cal's "saunter" "I'm intriguing" masculine fan-waving, and Cal har Uigenna har whatever the hell, "I felt like a thoroughbred, being rushed toward a rough, triumphant finish. Sharing breath with Cal was eating fireworks." Good stuff!