"We're going to Italy to visit Jaden's crazy...family friend." Chloe had her doubts that this Maria was a witch, but she decided that sidestepping the word 'witch' altogether was probably a better idea than saying 'alleged witch'. She gave some distance to Aria and the hydrogen bubble and continued. "We're on the run because of a pretty bizarre series of events that started with Aria and Aura, then later me, walking into a café where Jaden happened to be a waiter. Then we ended up in a bookstore. Then we ended up in a pretty-nice looking house that is probably either full of chlorine gas or no longer in existence now. Now we're here with yet another elemental. What a trip, huh?"