A picnic lunch?  And Cassiopeia suggested that?  At the moment of her proposal, Orion was glad he wasn’t drinking from his water glass, for he surely would have choked and spat some out.  A picnic lunch was not something he would associate as an activity that she’d be willing to do.  Mother took note of it, too, though her gaze was directed his way and his way only.  He shrugged with a tilt of his head, while spearing the last of his tomatoes.<br/><br/>And Father?  Was he still at the table?  Ah, indeed he was, falling just shy of licking the salad dressing from his bowl.<br/><br/>Everyone, however, took note of the ringing cell phone.  Cassiopeia’s, since Orion knew neither he nor his parents brought the device to the dining table.  To her credit, the Princess quickly glanced at it and promptly shut it down.