Pepper blinked confusedly. She wasn't used to Brian being snippy like that. She hoped that his time away hadn't turned him into a big man with PMS. She didn't think she could take any of the male portion of the Them having worse mood swings than her.

"Yeah, Wensley's my friend too, wanker," she exclaimed jovially. "That's not we're talkin' about, though. We're talkin' about pirates" She looked to Adam to back her up, to catch the expression on his face. Was there something she was missing? Did someone have a fight and she didn't know about it?