"It can be a monument of the four of us," Neal said with a laugh. "Commemorating our brave expedition of... well, whenever this is." He'd always wanted a statue in his likeness. He had an idea once of sculpting a statue of himself and sneaking it into a high-profile collection somewhere, but had clearly never gone through with it.

It was still a good idea, though.

"Birthday presents for people who already have everything? Something like that, maybe."