It had worked brilliantly too. It had shut Jerry up to the great satisfaction of all concerned. Now she and Jerry could freely and openly discuss all kinds of things: spikes, interfaces, tools, camp, feds, Rangers, other Troupers, even money. But they didn’t discuss The Relationship. The Relationship didn’t even have a name. The Relationship had its own shape and its own life and it was not made of toothpicks.