Ollie managed to keep most of his wary curiosity out of his eyes as he shook Alena's hand and then glanced back at...Ellie, who was already Bruce's new favorite person. Only partly because of the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

"No worries," he said easily. Too long in the Pacific; he'd picked up some Aussie on his last tour. "Bruce has a sharp eye on Ellie. I'll just hang out to make sure they don't hatch a plot to steal all the cookies before dinner."