"Are we ever," Loris replied excitedly. He had been waiting all week and then a little bit of the weekend for this. He had even brushed up his skills on native flora so he would be up to snuff for the big production. While Loris walked over to observe what was in the travel cages and get introduced to Cole's 'friends', Joaquin traveled to the front of Cole's truck.<br/><br/>Joaquin inspected the rusting grill of the truck. He almost considered popping the front open to get a look at the engine, but he assumed that if it got Cole here it could get them back in relatively the same amount of pieces that they were in when they arrived to their destination. He gingerly tapped the front of the truck and it echoed with metallic reverberation. A few pieces of rust sloughed off the side at the movement. This thing was a piece of shit.<br/><br/>Loris watched Cole open the passenger door and get the cage out. That was the biggest bearded dragon he'd ever seen. The ones in the local pet store were really small. "I would love to pet Zilla," admitted Loris, nearly making grabby hands at the large reptile. "Joaquin, come pet Zilla with me."<br/><br/>At the mention of his name, Joaquin turned his attention from the truck to Loris, looked at him for a second, and then immediately said, "No." Loris frowned, and then looked at Cole and said, "Maybe it'd be a good idea to get there first before we start playing with all your animals?"