"You look like you're doing [i]thinking[/i]," said Cair, hopping up to crouch on the perfectly balanced stick so that she's nose level. "And I'd recommend you stop it. I know what you're wearing, how to counter it if I need to, and what you're going to drag around in your wake. I've done all the thinking already. All you have to do is be a [i]good boy[/i] and follow some very simple instructions and a maiden will be rescued and the world will allegedly be saved. And that's a foxgirl promise!"