Right, Oli. And Michael tells you, right at the beginning of the book. Kay's lapping up his funny stories, and he tells her, "I guess that’s the way it sounds, but let me tell you this. You know those Arctic explorers who leave caches of food scattered on the route to the North Pole? Just in case they may need them someday? That’s my father’s favors. Someday he’ll be at each one of those people’s houses, and they better come across."