That made Sam laugh. Patience had never really been her virtue. "You know," she said, "I don't think I told you why I developed the urge to start fishing in the first place. It was an assignment. My friend Danny. He said I should learn something I didn't know anything about. So I could learn how to fail."

She couldn't help but laugh. It was such a Danny thing to say. One part Yoda. One part Karate Kid. One part cheeseball.

Not that he was wrong. Sam was not a fan of failing. And not a particularly graceful failure either.

But she was doing better now. At least, Finnicky seemed to think so.