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Penny gasped at the acquisition. "WHAT?! NO! I would never be friends with a PIRATE!" She replied, a little insulted that Layla would suggest such a thing. "Dr. Mars is not a pirate. He's a doctor. Which means he.... he..." In thinking on it, Penny had no clue what Dr. Mars did. "Well he isn't a pirate anyway."

"Captain Doctor... I like the sound of that!" He decided with a grin. "These boats are land boats called "vans" and they are owned by the... chiefs of this very large village we call France." Dr. Mars attempted to put things in terms of her understanding. "My job as Captain Doctor is to take care of new and curious people who wash up on our shore. We are taking you to my hide-out which we like to call "Lab G" where we will be learning as much about you both as we can so that we know the best way to make both of you comfortable and happy while you're in France." He explained. "We have already learned all we can about Penny-- so now... we'd like to learn all we can about you."

Layla was still very suspicious of the Captain Doctor, but she liked the idea of being comfortable and happy. "Do you have magic?" she asked curiously, wondering if he'd be able to restore their tails. That would certainly make her comfortable. "and why do you want to learn about us? " she asked while trying to imagine what a hideout called lab G would look like.

Layla struggled to use her legs to assist herself out of the van while Penny helped. It wasn't pretty, but she was out and standing on wobbly feet in no time. Layla was still a little overwhelmed, but felt a lot more stable as she clung to Penny. If she was going to be stuck somewhere as a Wendy she was happy to be stuck with Penny. The only other person that she would miss in this Wendy life was Peter. Then she remembered the threat that Penny made. At the time, it made logical sense to mention that Peter killed pirates, but Peter was back in Neverland killing pirates. There was no way that Peter would be able to find them, wherever they were, in time to make any kind of rescue attempt. Unless... Layla turned to look at Penny her excitement and eagerness to know leaking into her expression. "Penny, is Peter HERE?" She whispered excitedly. If he wasn't Layla didn't want to the the captain doctor know that Peter killing him was an empty threat.

Layla's eyes sparkled with wonder at the idea of going to a ball. "Yes, I remember!" Her expression of wonder faded as a frown crossed Penny's face. "Awww, I'm so sorry Penny. It was probably because of legs." She decided suddenly. "but... maybe now that you're not alone... Maybe there'll be another ball?" She said trying to cheer Penny up.

It had been a long, but exciting night. Dr. Mars was so enthused by his research with the girls that he didn't even feel or look tired yet even though he had gotten virtually no sleep the night before. As a thank you to the girls for being such good study subjects, Dr. Mars had a full day planned for them to experience France. Starting, of course, with a delicious French breakfast.

Dr. Mars sad in a chair across from the sleeping girls with their breakfast waiting. A big grin crossed his face when Layla stirred. "Good morning, Layla! I had some breakfast brought down for you two." He announced, motioning to the spread. "Hot blueberry muffins, some granola cookies, fresh fruit, and hot chocolate." Dr. Mars was pretty proud of his thoughtfulness.

Layla looked at the table before her and wondered where to start. Penny stirred and seemed excited about the breakfast and gave advice about where to start. Muffins? Layla thought to herself as she looked at the mushroom shaped bread. She delicately picked one up and took a small and careful bite. Layla sighed deeply enjoying the taste and quickly took more bites. After swallowing she also reached for a mug hoping to wash the bread down, but like Penelope she hesitated upon seeing the liquid. "It does kind of look like hot mud..." She cautiously smelled it and dipped her tongue in the beverage. "It's good!" Layla said while looking a little shocked. She took a couple gulps more just to make sure, and then smiled at the captain doctor. "This is fantastic! What mud is this?"