"I tried to explain, but she wouldn't -- " Mopassa was cut off abruptly as Kid raised her hand to the height at which he hovered, and waved it off, interrupting with a lazy "Yeah, yeah, he said some stuff..." And none of it was good news. She almost hoped the furball had been mistaken, but that was seeming less likely.

"Well thanks anyway, I guess," she started to walk away, when she remembered something else. "Say, one more thing... you wouldn't happen to know where we're supposed to pick up these crystals from, eh?"