“Ta-diddly-DAH!” Lasso announced triumphantly, presenting her friend with a wrapped gift. “What is this? It’s not my birthday.” Kalypso tentatively took the present. It was more like a burlap sack decorated with twine and leaves. Her friend Lasso was never much for over-the-top frill. “Doesn’t gotta be! I thought this’d cheer ya up, seeing as ya just got back out of the ER and such.”   Kalypso just sighed. “I’m okay. It wasn’t that big of a deal. Just fatigue.” Lasso just snorted at her. “I heard from my mother that you dang near passed out in the middle of