Mable beamed under Tobias' praise, and Edmund took the spare moment to have his first bite of his meat pie.  It was delicious, and warm, and the only thing that could have made it better was if the taste of his lies wasn't so thick on his tongue.

"Is there anything else we'll need to know before starting the work?" Edmund asked when he was finished with the mouthful.  "Anything else you're, um, concerned about?  I'm sure we might have more questions closer to starting, but - just, if there's anything else we need preparing for."