Zelos waited throughout the process, arms behind his head, listening to the sounds of the box, or -- whatever it was -- dragging along the floor. When Trahearne gave him the go-ahead, he pushed the door open and walked inside.

It was a large and heavy cardboard box, as it turned out. Half-open, with one flap up and bent, and the other raggedly cut. Zelos waved away Trahearne's apology and went to go peek inside, but the top hadn't been opened far enough to tell what it was. "It's no big deal," he said. "It's just, uh.... big. What is it?"