From what Veronica could tell, calling that trip 'disappointing' would have been putting it mildly. "Then monkeys, you shall have," she promised, blinking rapidly, mock-serious. The little bastards were fast, but they were around, and she would just have to make sure that she was right. That wasn't ever too difficult. Besides, after she'd been on the island this long, she knew it well.

"Where I lived, we were right near the border," she said, "pretty close anyway. I don't remember monkeys ever being a real motivating factor when people I knew went down there."