"There are a great many of those in the general area still," Gabe admitted with a sigh, setting aside his practice twine and unstringing a good length for the real thing.

"Yes, we are. I'd just visited one of my other brothers in California, in fact, though that was somewhat unplanned. The rest of us are in various other places." He smiles then, a quick, dimpled smile of reassurance. "It works for us, though. We enjoy the opportunity to see the world."