Why relinquish his modship if he's only going to be gone a month? Monkey's taken sabbaticals that long or longer. Hell, he's practically in the midst of one right now.

Maybe D.B.'s just not happy with it.
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"Bornyo sleeps under a bearskin that he killed and skinned when he was 5. He just stared the thing dead with mind bullets." - Floofin