"But think of the fun we'll have when we get to Server, and we have to trek through this world's version of the Gobi Desert, Cisco," Yamato says, throwing a slightly wolfish grin at Cisco.

He gives Barry a quick glance, inclining his head. "Yeah, we'll be fine. Between the long working days, the voyage, and the march through the desert, I'm not sure any of the others are going to like me much when we're done," he says, more joking than anything, "but they all know how to follow orders, which is more important than whether I'm on their Christmas card lists this year."