Krem continued to lay there a moment, embarrassed and still covering his face as he tried to work himself out of it. Even if Thomas still sounded so good about it, Krem just felt mortified suddenly, even having suggested it.

"Like I said," Krem mumbled behind his hands again, "if it's too ridiculous, we can just make fun of it. Or turn it off. I--it's a silly idea."

If he ever crawled out from behind his hands again.