Daniel had been staring off into space, thinking about how much he was behind time because she had insisted on coming. He jumped slightly when Anabeth spoke to him. Daniel quickly snapped back to reality, forgetting all the passed moments of splendor he had hoped to catch and freeze in time. He realized he hadn't yet replied and felt a little guilty.<br/>"Ready Ma'am" he said with a light sigh. There was nothing he could do until he'd fulfilled her assignments, and even though he had other papers to prepare for, it just hoped they'd understand. He hoped the next two stops wouldn't take too long, even though she said there would be big payouts for them being in on time, he never usually got that much of a cut. So he needed all the work he could. Freelance was good, until you got the weeks where there wasn't much call for work. Of course there was always news, but if there were no "big" stories, Daniel would usually get meager pay.