They watched, enchanted, as the tiny creature interacted with their friend, who'd always been so gentle. "Well, you know, I have spent an awful lot of time with you, and you've certainly won me around to your way of thinking on a lot of things. Some people might call that a corruptive influence."

Sol was pretty sure that children weren't supposed to talk to strangers. But then, that ship had sailed, probably, several lifetimes ago. "I'm relieved you're here, actually. This place is amazing, but I was starting to worry I'd finally cracked."