[ The reality of what's come to pass with the vehicle loan will be an unfortunate one to be stumbled across later on when it'll be apparent how correct Fern is in just how many joolies it'll take to pay even a portion of it off. But for now, it feels as attainable as any other number Sunday's glanced at upon any number of balancing sheets which contained sums he had only tangential knowledge of, and he simply nods in acknowledgement to Adrian's thanks.

The same for bracing to assist in the matter of the tire upon that countdown, and with force and luck this time the tire comes loose from where it was wedged. ]

Well. That was made much easier between the three of us since I hate to think what this would have been like had I been on my own.

[ Meaning: he'd still be here struggling with the tire, probably. Sunday won't even pretend otherwise and wouldn't have even if retrieving the tire hadn't been an ordeal. Possibly because the actual ordeal is still to come in terms of changing the tire, but: details. ]

At least we're all getting a lesson in some of the maintenance together. Shall we?

[ From here it should - hopefully - be a matter of just a few steps to complete before they're able to get going and put more of those coupons to use in the city awaiting them. ]