"And here I thought it was Kaltenecker, Lance's cow," Reeve answered. But hey, more cows was more butter.

Then again, Lance wasn't always easy to pin down. Tommy himself only ran into the guy rarely. But he nodded along at the idea of southern food, because he loved heading down south to go and get a lot of heavy food, make him feel slow for a change.

"You've got a guy back home? I'm sorry you don't have him."