Arden smiled as she continued to climb into her clothing. "You're not
the only one in this family that has a lump of curiosity," she told him.
"But it's--"
"Don," said his wife seriously, "rules is rules and electricity and
energy are things I'm none too clear on. But I do know my husband.
And when he gets up out of a warm bed in the middle of the night to
go roaming through a frozen world, it's urgent. And since the man
in question has been married to me for a number of years, getting
up out of a warm bed and going out into snow and ice means that the
urgency-angle is directed at whatever lies at the other end. I want to
go see--and I'm going to!"
Channing nodded absently. "Probably a wild-goose chase," he said.
"Ready?"