Barrel slurped up his next go of fountain water and nearly choked on it.  Why was Carver talking like--

He turned and saw Agatha. Barrel cleared his throat after hacking up a bit of slime. He wiped his mouth, then grinned.

"Yeah, we make a pretty good team!" he said cheerfully. "Car - [i]Corvin[/i] scares them out, I catch them."

Barrel patted his stomach.

"They're gonna make a great dinner tonight."

He went back to the fountain and got one more drink to help the residual pain, then sat down on the edge.

"We were just taking a break," he said. "And, uh, since you're out of the shop, looks like you're taking one too."