Recovering from my strange behaviour, I tried to ignore my flushing head: "Nownow, let's all calm down, we've got that fabulous tea over there by the fire and then we could make a powwow and smoke a pi..." What was I saying?
"Ahm, does anyone know what a powwow is?"... silence, I felt watched, by 8 eyes.
"Ah, well, let's all go back and drink some tea, exchange kind words, get to know each other..." I stumbled on and on, my inner confusion and embarassment grew...