Rafael put the spoon back into the empty bowl as swallowed the final bite of mango. "I've got to get to work, love. I've got to build our new house today, after all." He raised his eyebrows with the promise that implied.
Maribel smiled, "Go build our house, Rafi. Take your little team of explorers and go have fun. I'll keep things running smoothly here, where the real work happens."
They grinned at each other. Her comment was made in jest, but they both knew there was some truth to it. Rafael chafed under the day to day work of analyzing results and looking at ledgers. He could do it, and he was good at it. He just found it boring compared to standing on the front line of discovery and exploration, with the emotional edge of the unknown and potential danger making every sense sharper.
