"You know, maybe I really should just shove her into a freezer or something."

"Soma..."

"No no, I should maybe put her right into the middle of an ice cap."

"Soma."

"....what?"

"Let's go home. Fineas is going to be late."

" . . . Fine."

Soma held his hand out to the small boy who stared at him with a mixture of wonder, fear, and awe, before Fineas took the larger hand into his smaller own. Hinalle took the other, her warmth reassuring, and together the trio made their way down that road.