[ because you are a grown man who's afraid of bugs and it's funny. see, even the baby dragon is amused. ninna's jingling about like a set of wind chimes and riona directs a smile at her. ] Bugs scare him. Silly man.

[ and back to kija: ] Maybe you'll feel better about them once they're dead and you can eat them instead. They don't taste terrible, and there should be plenty to go around now that they're so much bigger than us.

[ is she kidding, is she not kidding? it is a mystery. ]