Sophie watched Greg's eyes get as big as dinner plates as the airship took off, and then turned her own attention to the ground as it shrank away. Taiga perched on the railing beside her, watching the other girl and hoping she didn't lean forward so much she'd fall right over.

"Aunt village? Is that where aunts come from?"

"I think he means 'ant' village, kupo-" Taiga suggested, bemusedly. Both kids were a riot, but he was a little concerned by how much Sophie seemed to accept Greg's words as rock facts.

"Why do you wear that?" Sophie asked instead, staring at the frog perched on the teapot.