"I don't know, your mom was pretty impressed with how I can suck," Merritt returns, pushing it down the mental connection - partly to return fire, partly to remind Daniel that he can.

He frowns a little when Daniel clears the cabana, stopping in the doorway. "She and Jack went to get sand in their unmentionables," he tells him as Daniel moves farther into the cabana, leaning against the doorframe to wait for whatever Daniel's got up his sleeves, as ordered.