She was meant to be a leader, Ales thought to himself. He called for his puppet - also small, but slightly heavier than him - to latch onto his pack. Ashe would be carrying more weight than expected, but he trusted the queen to be strong. Teensies typically were annoyed by larger species' attempts to carry them around, but he didn't mind being held this time. It wasn't as if he was being treated as useless.

He added another proposition: "If you change your mind, I might let you hop on board when I return. No promises, though, and you'll have to find a way to jump on board from a building." Stopping an airship mid-air was near impossible, but the more people that could man the canons, the better.

"Let's go," he said to Ashe.