"Pretty sure most babies aren't the brightest," Billie says with an amused little huff as she looks down at Aconite. With Red hot on her tail, she's about to ruin his plan by setting her drink down and leaning over, offering a hand — and arm — for the little green dragonet to clamber up if she wants.

"You're going to have to do better than that if you want to keep ahead of Red, kid."