"Come on. Eat up or your salad will get cold," Kit stated warm heartedly.

Robyn couldn't help but laugh at what Kit had said, "Yes daddy," she replied in a childish voice.

Kit smiled and patted Robyn on the head drawing more laughter. "Speaking of daddy," Kit began, "have you seen or rather spoken to yours recently?"

Robyn's face fell and she shrugged. She'd rather not talk about her last encounter with her father.

"Talk to me," Kit said kneeling down beside Robyn, he knew something was wrong.

Robyn drew in a deep breath. "He knew that I'd be blind but he didn't tell me."

Kit frowned slightly, "back up a little. How could he know?"

"When I was in the coma I was in a place in between life and death and he came to see me there. He told me nothing would change if I woke up from the coma. When I spoke to him in the cemetery he said that I'd been judged when I'd woken up by people there who thought I was able to see too much. He knew it was going to happen yet he didn't tell me until it was too late. I feel so betrayed."

Kit could understand where Robyn was coming from but he could also understand where Robbie was coming from by doing what he did. It was his job now to see if he could make Robyn understand that as well. He knew that Robbie had had no intention of hurting Robyn at all but it would have ended up with Robyn getting hurt even if he had told her.

"I don't blame your dad." Kit paused gauging Robyn's reaction before continuing, "If he had told you what was going to happen this would have turned out the same way. Its two sides of the same coin, the outcome would have been the same. It would have been much harder for you if he had told you, knowing that you'd be blinded before it happened. Yes, you've been very badly hurt by this but think how he feels. He had to watch as his daughter's sight was taken from her and he was powerless to stop it. Right now he probably thinks you hate him and that would be a torture beyond comparison for him. I'm not saying forgive and forget or kiss and make up because there was wrong on both sides but at least try to talk to him. Clear the air a little and things will get better."

Robyn nodded. Kit's words made a lot of sense and it was true that they'd both been wrong, her and her father. Robyn had laid the sole blame on him without for a second considering his feelings and had hurt him just as much if not more than he'd hurt her. She felt guilty for what she'd done and said. She hoped she'd be able to speak to her father again soon so she could try to work things out with him.

Sportacus popped his head into the airship before the rest of him so he could see if it was safe to come up or not. Satisfied that it was safe he finished climbing up the ladder and greeted the two youngsters when they noticed his arrival. He saw an empty plate and was very happy, Robyn had eaten the lunch he'd left for her and smiled at Kit who he knew had persuaded her to do so. Kit winked in response and smiled too.

"What are you guys doing later?" Sportacus asked breaking the amenable silence in the airship.

Kit made a face and looked at Robyn seeing that she was making a face too. Neither of them had thought about their plans for the rest of the day. Sportacus chuckled and realised that he hadn't made any plans either. 'Perhaps we can do something together,' he thought to himself trying to figure out what they could do. Looking out of the window briefly Sportacus caught sight of the lake and he smiled.

"You want to go swimming?" He asked with a hopeful tone in his voice.

Robyn and Kit both nodded at this, it seemed like a good idea. Being that it was nearly summer it was warm enough to swim and it would be fun to spend some time by the lake. Kit then realised there were two major problems with going swimming.

"I can't go." He said reproachfully.

Robyn seemed a little disappointed about this, "why?"

"One I have no trunks and two I have no hands." Kit explained.

Sportacus was on the verge of slapping himself on the forehead. It was perfectly obvious that Kit's hands were bandaged and he kicked himself. Thinking about it as well if Robyn had an epileptic fit while they were in the water she ran the risk of drowning. With swimming out he really didn't know what to suggest.

"Fishing!" Robyn exclaimed excitedly, she'd also been thinking about what they could do.

"Brilliant!" Kit and Sportacus said at the same time and then both laughed.

Robyn smiled, "glad we're agreed on that then. It's something we can all do or rather something Sportacus can do for us seeing as he has both hands and eyes. He also needs to practice sitting down for longer."

"How come?" Kit asked both amused and confused.

"Mainly because he's unable to sit down for more than fifteen minutes and can't sit still. Every Christmas when we have dinner round the Mayor's he's told off and because he can't move he taps his hands on the table in between courses and it gets very annoying." Robyn replied with a mock scowl.

Both Kit and Sportacus chuckled. Kit looked to Sportacus and all Sportacus could do in his defence was raise his hands and shake his head. Having finished with talking Sportacus gathered up his fishing gear and took it down to the ground before doing two relays up and down the ladder to bring first Kit and then Robyn to the ground.

Ché saw the three leaving the airship and guessed that the equilibrium had been righted between Robyn and Sportacus. Deciding to see whether or not his assumption was correct he went over to them, his long strides taking him there in no time.

"Where are you three off to?" Ché spotted the fishing gear just as he'd asked the question.

"Skiing. Care to join us?" Kit joked keeping a remarkably straight face.

Ché made an enthusiastic face which bordered on melodramatic, "yes I'd love to. I've never been skiing on a fishing rod before, should be very interesting!"

All four of them laughed at this little discourse. Kit had a remarkable way with words and could ask the simplest question or make the simplest comment and at the same time make it funny. Ché thought back upon Kit's earlier question as to whether or not Sportacus was frigid and couldn't help but smile. The boy was very witty he had to give him that.

"Are you going over to the lake to fish?" Ché asked hoping he'd be invited along, the lake looked very inviting from the air and he loved fishing.

Kit smiled wryly and then replied, "No, we're going to fish right here."

Ché gave Kit a dark look before bursting out laughing. "It's just one quip after another with you isn't it?"

All Kit could do was shrug and smile.

Sportacus invited Ché along to fish with him and explained that the two youngsters were going to let him do all the work. Ché chuckled at this and clicked his tongue at the two with mock anger on his face. All four set off together and made plans to enjoy a whole afternoon by the lake.