Relics limped out of the school, his guitar in tow, and his ego in shatters. To him, there was no way of explaining his level of fail. Not only did he get his ass handed to him by a girl, but a girl who plugged him with ten rounds of paintballs before he even knew she was there. She went easy on him though, Fox got fifteen. Miyu apologized, to an extent. She blamed her overzealous overkill on the adrenaline rush and the heat of battle. But when everyone else was looking away, the lynx got right up to Relics' ear and said.

"If you think that's bad, just go ahead and hurt Lana, make my day."

"Hey, Relics- you look awful!" Fara said when she came from nowhere and shocked the poor, gimping, paint covered human.

"Thanks Lana- I mean Fara." Relics said correcting himself.

"Lana? Why did you call me Lana?" The devious vixen asked as her tail swished around, accidently batting a poor freshman in the face.

"I was just thinking about her is all." Relics sighed. "I didn't see her all day. I hope she's alright."

Relics wasn't watching her, but Fara made a face that was the definition of cute. "Aw! You're worried about her?" She asked in a very sweet tone.

'Yeah, cause if she gets hurt then Miyu will kill me.' Relics thought to himself when he knew he was genuinely worried about the missing minx.

"Do you want me to call her?" Fara asked as they walked down the fifteen stairs.

"Would you?" Relics asked relieved he wouldn't have to and appear to be some weird, creepy stalker guy.

"Sure, I need to get my bra from her house anyways… it's not what you think." Fara added when Relics gave her a confused and wide eyed look. "We were wrestling, one thing led to the other and then clothes started falling off… hmm, that didn't word it any better did it?"

"No." Relics said and tried not to think of Lana and Fara lying on top of one another, their sweat melding as their furry bodies pressed against the other with only the other's body to cover their indecency. "So what did you have for sixth period?" Relics asked just before fantasy Lana and Fara moved in for a kiss.

"Oh," Fara said extremely agitatedly, "nothing! I signed up for the stupidest class ever! I mean, mythology? What the Hell kind of job will that prepare me for down the road?"

"You got me." Relics replied as Jason's car came into view. The German Sheppard was dressed in his normal Service-A's, and he was leaned up against the car all suave like. Relics wondered why for a moment, but then he saw all the looks he was getting from the high school girls, and they were all very interested in what they saw.

"That's what I like about high school girls, I keep gettin' older, they stay the same age, yes they do." Jason said in such a creeper southern fashion, it causing Fara to breakout into tears of laughter.

"Oh my fucking God!" Fara managed to say before falling prey to uncontrollable giggling. "You said that so perfect! Like you were a creeper or something. You're such a good actor Jason."

"Uh yeah, acting." Jason said and opened the door for Relics, who had his hands busy lugging the guitar case and amp around. "So Relics how was school?"

"Amazing!" Fara said before the human could answer. "He brought that into class and he played some of the best music I ever heard."

"Well I don't know about the best, I'm not that great." Relics said and began to blush.

"Yes you are Relics!" Fara argued. "I've never heard anything like what you played; it was so new, so fresh. Don't get me wrong, I still love my kinds of music but they sometimes blend in together. Your music though, I doubt I could find anything like that in the galaxy."

Jason looked to the red glistening human. "Sounds like you'll have to show me sometime."

"Sure. Hi." Relics said to the random Cornerian who said hi to him as she walked by.

'That makes forty seven girls, and twelve guys.' Relics thought as he added another tally to the number of girls who randomly said hi to him before scampering off.

"Well it was fun guys, but I got to get home." Fara sighed contently.

"You sure? We could give you a ride." Jason asked.

Fara smiled and shook her head. "No, no. I'll be fine. I live just six blocks that way." Fara said pointing south towards the yuppie side of the suburbs. "Bye, Jason! See ya tomorrow, Relics!"

"You know, if things don't work out between you and Lana, there are always other options." Jason said as the two of them watched Fara walk off.

'Don't start now, please!' Relics thought trying not to turn red.

As Relics got into the car, Jason kept talking. "Great thing about them vixens though, is they get really into it. If you get one in the sack, prepare for your world to be rocked! And your teacher, woo! A foot and a back rub latter, and those birds will let you stick it in the- HOLY SHIT!" Jason shouted when Relics strummed the guitar after turning the amp on and all the way up. The note rang loud and clear until Relics turned the amp back off. Jason gasped for breath a few times before saying. "You could have just said stop!"

"Yeah, but you wouldn't have." Relics sighed and leaned back in his chair. "You never do."

~X~X~X~X~

Relics sighed as he drifted through the hundreds of channels of Cornerian programming. Nothing looked interesting, and even if he did find something, a small itch in the back of his head ruined it and he resumed his search. He kept searching until he heard his nickname Relics, and stopped. The show he stopped on was a TV talk show with an older grey vixen, a young looking feline female, a young she-wolf, and a middle aged rabbit.

"I'm personally surprised the human, Relics, has made it this long as he has. The only one of his kind for light-years amidst an uncountable mass of aliens, that takes guts to sign up for that." The she-wolf said.

"Okay Denise, I admit he's got guts, but I still don't think that qualifies him as a nine." The feline replied. "A six at the least, but a seven is what I'd give him. As cute as he looks, he is a little too… exotic for my tastes."

'The Hell are they talking about' Relics wondered to himself and turned up the volume after finding the right button.

"A seven? I'd say a seven at the very least!" The she-wolf argued said making her way back to the head of the conversation. "You must not have seen this picture, Claire." The hawk said and used a remote control to make a large picture appear of Relics without a shirt in his house on a massive whiteboard behind the four ladies. If Relics had any sort of beverage in his mouth, he'd have spit it out all over himself, the coffee table, and the TV. Instead his jaw dropped as he gapped at the picture of him without a shirt and stretching. He didn't have a complete six pack but if he kept up his workout he had made in an effort to keep fit on Corneria, he'd have one shortly.

To make Relics' inner mind-fuck worse, the crowd, which sounded all female, made ooh, hooting, and whistling sounds at the sight of the yawning and groggy barely legal teen.

'Well at least I know what they're talking about with those numbers. Their rating how attractive-'

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Relics actually shouted when the picture of him disappeared and a little graph labeled "Doable," and the key started at one reading "Fugly," then five reading "Fine," and then ending at ten reading with a blacked out word "- me now." The women's names were all on the table and their respective scores they picked.

Relics held his head in his hands as he shook it. Then the attention was focused on the old grey rabbit.

"Claire, Denise, Samantha, you've all given us a few reasons why he's doable, but good looks, guts, and being exotic means nothing if he isn't good in the sack." The rabbit said as the screen cleared and then showed a clip of Relics playing Hotel California.

'Great, they did video tape me. Bastards.'

"If a man is as good as he is with his fingers," The rabit said, dropping her experienced knowledge on the younger women as Relics hit the more complex part of the song, "then he's bound to be able to get you to-"

Relics didn't stick around to find out what he was allegedly able to do. He quickly shut off the TV and let the emotional and mental trauma slowly disperse. Never, in his entire lifetime, did he ever dream of being discussed over how doable he was on national, if not system wide TV. As flattering as it was, it was shocking. He was an alien yet those women were talking about jumping his bones like he wasn't. Maybe what Bill said was true, and that a relationship with a Cornerian wouldn't be so bad. Back home it most certainly would be, but since he was here, no one back home would know.

As Relics mulled over the possibility of dating Lana or maybe even Fara, when the front door opened and Relics stood up to go greet Jason.

"You ready?" Jason asked and looked Relics over. "Nice jacket."

"Thanks." Relics replied. He was dressed somewhat formally, but not in a tuxedo like the night before. He wore a clean red long sleeved shirt, a black over-jacket, and black slacks. "Yes I'm ready."

"Great. Chloe is ecstatic and can't wait to meet you. But hey, don't go making a move on my wife bud." Jason said smugly.

"Oh come now Jason, there's always room for a bit of competition." Relics replied but didn't smile when he saw how serious faced Jason had become. "Okay, I promise I won't." He said and Jason nodded.

'But if she comes on to me…'

~X~X~X~X~

"You live here!?" Relics nearly shouted as Jason pulled the car into the driveway.

"Yeah? Why? Where you expecting something else?" Jason asked as Relics gawked at the rather extravagant looking home. The house itself was at least three stories not including a possible basement, the windows were all tall and regal looking, the materials used looked like fine wood and brick, and the gardens around the house were impressive even to Relics who didn't have much of an eye for Cornerian vegetation.

'Yeah, a trailer, an outhouse, and a broken down car on the lawn… ooh, even I think that was mean.' Relics thought to himself as he and Jason got out of the car.

"Well not something like this." Relics said to quickly cover his ass. "This is a really nice house that I'd expect your upper class would live in."

Jason chuckled. "Well to be honest, my wife is loaded." Jason said in undertone just in case there was an eavesdropper like his wife. "But anyways, come on, Chloe will kill me if I keep her waiting."

Relics nodded and quickly started to give himself an on the go last minute check. He ate three mints on the way there so his breath was fresh, his hair hadn't moved an inch the entire (for the first time) pleasant drive, and his cologne was holding strong but not too strong to offend. As they approached the door Relics adjusted his jacket and was all set.

Jason looked at him for confirmation and the human nodded. The German Sheppard opened the door and held it for Relics. The human took one step inside and realized what Jason said was true, his wife really was loaded. Jason's house smelt like fresh laundry that had been hung up to dry, the floors were all beautiful hardwood, there was furniture in the house more expensive then even he had, the whole house looked and felt clean, a giant chandelier hung from the ceiling, and at the top of the stairs was a very pretty panther looking down on them in a dress as mystique as her deep dark purple fur.

"Hey Chloe." Jason smiled to the beaming feline.

"Hello Jason, and hello Mister McCloud." Chloe said as she started down the stairs. "I've been hoping to meet you ever since my husband was assigned to be your body guard and chauffer."

'Holy Hell! How in… where… how the fuck did Jason get his hands on this one? Hmm. She doesn't look like she had kids, so he didn't get her pregnant. Oh shit! She's talking to me!'

"My name's Chloe Mahoney. It's a pleasure to meet you." The panther said when she reached the bottom of the stairs and approached him. She gave Relics a soft smile and her hand. Relics returned the smile, took the soft hand and gave it a longer than usually kiss.

"The pleasure's all mine." Relics replied and he could have sworn he heard the smallest growl come from Jason. The human looked to the canine but found him appearing to be in a pleasant mood. And speaking about pleasant moods, the feline was purring softly but Relics could hear her as if his ear was pressed against her chest.

"Might I introduce you to my sister? She's been dying as much as I have to meet you." Chloe asked.

Relics had no reserved feelings and nodded. "Sure, I'd love to meet your family."

The feline smiled brightly and wrapped her arm around Relics', which was incredibly awkward to him with Jason staring and despite it being custom amongst Cornerians for the hostess to escort the guest of honor around.

"I must thank you for accepting our hospitality Mr. McCloud. Jason has told me so much about you; I've been dying to meet you." Chloe said as her grip on his arm tightened making Relics blush sheepishly.

"Yeah well-" Relics began but heard a growl from Jason and immediately felt like he was going to get his ass kicked so hard.

"Knock it off you two!" Jason snapped and Relics forced his eyes shut, so sure that Jason's wrath was imminent. With Chloe holding him so tightly he'd have no chance to put up a defense.

"He's here already?" A woman's voice that wasn't Chloe's responded.

"Mister McCloud, might I introduce my sister Aeris, and her boyfriend Leo." Chloe said as Relics opened his eyes to see two housecats, one pink and the other grey. Aeris, the female, looked rather awed as she stared at Relics while the grey male feline Leo, just looked at him with an almost vacant stare.

"Hello." Relics said nervously when neither of them said anything.

"Hello." Leo replied. "Is that collar leather?" Leo asked when no one said anything for a while.

Relics nodded. "Yeah."

"It's either leather or nothing." Leo said and shuffled around awkwardly making a little dinging noise which drew Relics' eyes to the collar and bell around Leo's neck.

"Here Relics, sit here while I fetch something for you." Chloe said and sat Relics at the table in the chair to the left of the chair at the end of the small side of the rectangle table. Chloe left and Jason sat down in the chair at the end. Relics noticed that his eyes often darted to Leo and gave him a sour look before quickly looking away.

"So Relics, what's it like for you on Corneria?" Aeris asked, seemingly over her initial shock of seeing a human for the first time.

Relics' leg started to jump up and down underneath the table and the tablecloth. The worst part of living on Cornerian was all the questions, even now at dinner he couldn't avoid them.

"Alright, it's a beautiful place and the people are friendly." Relics replied.

"Everyone except that Wolf you kicked into the wall. Not even a rat-flail was as lethal as that kick." Leo laughed as he and Aeris sat down in their seats while leaving the seat across from Relics and to Jason's left open for Chloe.

"I'm sorry, a what?" Relics asked before Chloe returned holding a tray of some delicious looking scones. Even to Relics, who secretly loathed Cornerian food, was tempted by their complex beauty. They were perfectly shaded a light brown and the soft green cream inside looked delicious.

"Leo don't be weird around him." Relics heard Aeris whisper.

"Sorry, I was just trying to lighten things up. Jason looks like he's going to snap and try to kill me any second now." Leo whispered back nervously.

'Probably.' Relics thought and graciously accepted the scone Chloe picked out for him, which was the largest of the batch. 'I hope I don't have to eat this with any silverware.'

"Do you want one honey?" Chloe asked Jason to which the canine smiled but shook his head.

'Fuck! Now how am I going to know? Come on, one of you two take a scone!' Relics pleaded silently as Chloe carried the trey over to the two felines.

"No thanks sis, I'm going to wait."

'FUCK!'

"And you Leo?" Chloe asked as Relics' heart pounded in his ears.

"No thanks, I just ate two muffins." He said and smiled pleasantly. Chloe moved away and put the scones platter in the middle of the table just as Leo bent towards Aeris and whispered so quietly only he, Aeris, and Relics heard him. "And you might I add."

"Shut up Leo." Aeris growled silently but blushed red all the while.

'Oh God!' Relics thought and nearly lost his appetite.

Trying to keep the thought of Leo going down on Aeris out of his mind, Relics focused on the scone and wondered what to do with it. Fortunately, Chloe noticed his inexperience with the scone and picked one up for herself. Relics studied her intently as she held the scone in one hand and took a bite from it. The human was relieved by the lack of formality when eating the scone and quickly took a bite to not appear rude. Once his teeth penetrated the soft yet crunchy skin of the scone, his mouth became flooded with a delicious and still warm jelly.

'Holy shit! This is so good! And the crunchiness is amazing!' Relics thought as he savored the flavor and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"Do you like them? I made them myself." Chloe said when Relics swallowed the scone.

"Yes it's really good." Relics found himself saying after he swallowed the first bite. "Much better than Jason's."

"What's wrong with my cooking?" Jason asked.

"Nothing honey, you just seem to burn boxed cereal when you add milk is all." Chloe replied as she patted Jason's hand on the table.

Jason gave Chloe the stink eye but was silent.

"What flavor are they, sis?" Aeris asked.

"Cornerian grasshopper." Chloe replied right as Relics took a bite but froze while doing so. If his eyes could open just two more millimeters, they'd have fallen out.

'WAS THAT WHAT THE CRUNCH WAS!?' Relics shrieked in his mind and could think of nothing but grasshoppers from Earth in his mouth being chewed.

"Oh, nice. Maybe I will have one." Jason said and took a scone before taking a large bite. "Mm, you left in the seeds."

'Oh please God let grasshopper be the name of a fruit or something. Please don't let seed mean eggs!' Relics pleaded as the second bite in his mouth wriggled and writhed like a real bug.

"They're the ones from the garden, I picked them this morning." Chloe replied. "That bush you planted last year is very abundant with fruit."

'PRAISE JESUS!' Relics thought like an old, fat preacher of God. Instantly, the bitter taste in his mouth as well as the uncomfortable feeling of bug guts disappeared, and the delectable taste returned.

Relics continued to enjoy his scone and the dinner took off almost without him. Jason seemed to loosen up as he, Leo, Chloe, and Aeris talked about what they'd all been up to. The human now played a game where he would join the conversation, leave it, and come back again before he was missed. This way he didn't have to constantly keep talking, and he could eat his scones, of which he had three.

"So Relics, I've been hearing a lot about you but I still know so little. I… heard your father was killed in the First Contact." Aeris said but in such a sympathetic way Relics didn't lose his temper, yet. Still, his father was a very touchy subject to him and his mood turned sour.

"He was." Relics replied darkly.

Chloe flashed Aeris a quick dirty look to which Aeris ignored. "That must have been hard, and rather difficult to live here after that."

"At times." Relics said even darker as he stroked his silver knife with a finger. Jason, Chloe, and Leo noticed this and grew uneasy as Relics stared almost longingly at the sharp metal instrument of fine dining and potential murder. Once again Chloe gave Aeris a look that would have turned most people as white as Relics, but still, Aeris continued.

"Well, to do so takes courage Relics, real guts. I can't believe you don't hate us and actually came her. I know it might mean nothing but I'm sorry for what happened-"

"What happened on Mar Sara had nothing to do with you, Ms. Aeris." Relics grunted sharply, his hand resting on the knife. "I don't hate you or the Cornerian race, just the man responsible for my father's and all my slain people's deaths… but thank you." Relics finished softly as he took Aeris' apology to heart.

There was long pause before a loud ding interrupted it. The ding made everyone jump except Relics who was now almost sulking.

"That's dinner." Chloe said pleasantly as she stood up. "Excuse me; I'll be right back… Aeris." She finished sourly. "Why don't you come too?"

Aeris sighed but did so anyways. There was no avoiding it, she was about to get chewed out. The two women went into the kitchen leaving the three men alone with the awkward silence.

"Just what the Hell, are you doing Aeris!?" Chloe said so quietly Relics hardly heard them over Jason's breathing.

"I was just trying to say sorry." Aeris replied, just as quietly as Chloe.

"Did you see how angry he was? How upset you made him? For God sakes Aeris, you're as tactful as Leo! No wonder you're together! The boy lost his father but you're bringing it up like he lost a tooth or something! What were you thinking?" Chloe hissed just as a loud screeching groan, the sound of moving metal, was heard from the kitchen.

"I'm sorry Chloe. I just felt bad is all. I've felt bad ever since the day we found out. I know it was Andross' doing but in some way we are all responsible for the lives lost that day." Aeris replied.

"Then tell him you're sorry later, but not in the middle of dinner! If he even smiles again I'll be surprised! Damn it, Aeris!" Chloe hissed before Jason's voice drowned them out.

"So Relics, you get any homework you need help with?" Jason asked.

Relics shook his head. "Not this week."

"Blasphemous stuff that homework. Now if you'll excuse me I must drain my sack of urine." Leo said suddenly as he stood up to leave.

'I see what Chloe meant about tact.'

Once Leo was gone Jason let a low growl out. "I can't stand that guy."

"Why? He's a little strange but he seems okay."

"I can't explain it Relics, I just don't like him." Jason sighed. "There's something about him that makes me want to rip his collar off and use it to strangle him."

'Good old cats versus dogs syndrome.' Relics thought to himself and struggled not to laugh. Out of everyone, Jason was the most animalistic Cornerian he'd met. Sometimes he and Jason would just hang out and out of the blue he'd scratch himself. As he did however, his leg would bob up and down like a dog from Earth would. It took every fiber in his being not to laugh that day.

"Mm, smells like lasagna with three…" Jason said as he took in a sniff of the enticing aromas from the kitchen, "no! No, four! Four kinds of cheese!" The German Sheppard nearly barked as his tail wagged furiously from the hole in his chair. "I smell, I smell! No way!" Jason gapped as Chloe walked in holding a large pot.

"Yes Jason, Garlock soup." Chloe giggled as the canine lost all bearing. Relics laughed a little bit but stopped when he saw what looked like drool.

"It's been ages since we had that!" Jason said as Chloe put down the pot. Aeris was right behind her carrying the lasagna and she placed it next to the pot.

"I'll be right back with the bowls." Chloe said as she beamed at Jason. It seemed to Relics that she was very proud of her cooking, as was she proud of Jason's liking. Even Relics, who hated most Cornerian food, had to admit the soup smelled great and the lasagna was a bit appetizing. He'd had some cheese before and that was alright, maybe lasagna wouldn't be so bad with four cheeses in it.

As suddenly and rambunctious as he was, Leo came back and inhaled deeply.

"Wow, that smells awesome." He said and walked to the table. He reached out a hand to pick the lid off of the pot of soup but Jason growled at Leo, like a dog protecting his bone, and Leo's hand instantly retracted. The feline didn't say anything, he just shuffled uncomfortably back to his chair.

"So Leo." Relics said and cleared his throat. "How long have you known Aeris?"

Leo's eyes instantly became doughy and he sighed contently. "About four years now. We've been dating for half that. We first met at a video game store. We both reached for Demonic at the same time and our hands touched. She threatened my life if I took the game so I let her have it, and she let me have her number." He said and Jason made a very quiet rumble in his throat.

"Here we go." Chloe said coming back with three bowls in hand. She walked around the table and placed down a fine glass bowl in front of Relics, Jason and her seat while Aeris did likewise but for her and Leo. From there, Chloe started handing out the soup. She helped Relics to a rather large helping before moving on to everyone else.

'I don't even think my bladder could hold all that.' Relics thought as he looked down at the tan soup. Some Cornerian vegetables were floating on the top and so were some beans. Relics had to admit, it smelt better than it looked but only just. Still, once everyone was served he'd eat it so not appear rude.

After Chloe served up the soup she busted out the plates she already had set on the table. Everyone got one a plate and their utensils were already set out which comprised of a normal spoon, a spork, and a knife. With the plates down, Chloe served up the homemade lasagna and made sure Relics got a slightly larger serving than everyone else.

'Great, now I can go home and die constipated.' Relics thought as he stared at all the cheese on the lasagna. There wasn't an excess of cheese, just enough to match all the meats, noodles, and other stuff that Relics had no clue what it was.

"This looks amazing Chloe." Jason said as he stroked her leg underneath the tablecloth where no one was the wiser.

"Thank you Jason." She beamed and kept herself from purring

The dinner was very nice. It was as good or even better then the Winchester. Relics tried the soup and eventually he was asking for thirds, but he had so much scrumptious lasagna on his plate that he couldn't ask for seconds or the seconds would go to waste. Despite Chloe's prediction, Relics was smiling and laughing all throughout the night. Even Jason got over his irritated mood with Leo, and had a good time.

At around ten however, Relics' wrist-com vibrated signaling he had a new text but he ignored it, he was busy eating his Garlock soup. Finally at around eleven, Relics punched his bowl and plate forward like Chloe had done, because she finished first, and he sighed contently.

"Was everything alright?" Chloe asked the sleepy human.

Relics blinked a few times before saying. "Mrs. Mahoney, no offense to your husband, but will you be my bodyguard from now on? He can't hold a candle to the ground you stand on to cook."

"I'm sorry Relics but I'm not in the army." Chloe purred while Jason rolled his eyes.

"Well, it was fun all, but I am tired." Leo said standing up and yawned. "It was nice to meet you Relics."

"Likewise." Relics replied even thought he wasn't too sure about Leo. He was a strange one but then everyone was, especially Relics himself.

"I'll see you later Aeris." Leo said and kissed the pink feline. For some reason though, they didn't stop kissing until Jason barked.

"Knock it off you two! Don't make me have to tell you again!"

"Okay, okay." Leo said quickly. "I'll head up to my room then."

With that the crazy feline left.

"Whoa crap! I got to get you home Relics." Jason said as Relics nearly dozed off. His stomach was comfortably full, his eyes droopy, and the sweet aromas of Chloe's cooking still lingered in the room.

"Hmm?" Relics asked opening his eyes. "Oh, okay." He said slowly stood up. Chloe stood up with him and walked around to escort the guest of honor to the door. She wrapped her arm around Relics' arm and led him to the door.

"Bye Relics." Aeris called out as Chloe led him away.

"Thank you so very much for coming Mr. McCloud." Chloe said as she, Jason and he walked to the door.

"Thank you for the amazing hospitality. And call me Relics." He finished which made the panther purr even louder. Once they reached the door Jason opened it. Chloe let him go and held out her hand to shake. Relics took it and like before he kissed it but this time he did so twice. "Good night Mrs. Mahoney."

"Please, call me Chloe." She beamed.

"Okay come on let's go buddy." Jason said before Relics could reply. Jason led Relics to the car and Relics crawled into the backseat ready to doze off until he remembered his text. Deciding to check it before he fell asleep, Relics opened up his wrist-com and chose the text message. When he read it, his blood ran cold and all feelings of fatigue and drowsiness vanished in a heart stopping moment.

"We've got your girlfriend. Come to the school alone, and if you tell anyone she dies."

~X~X~X~X~

AUTHOR'S NOTES~~~ Hey guys, just wanted to throw this out there: I don't own VGCats, that one guy Scott something (or whatever) does. if you're interested.