#anywhere

"Was he a bad guy, then?"

"He was working for the Decepticons. He had joined them willingly."

"But... he didn't know Adam from Steve" the boy protests

"And he tried to do g ood with... " his antanae are wavering

"Did you try to do good?"

The pooka will ponder "I wash my hands after every meal?" the pooka looks sheepish.

"Very responsible, aye."

"When Jetfire went to the Autobots, they accepted him."

"I'm Jetfire?" Hope fills his eyes

"You could be."

He takes some legos, and assembles them into the form of an autobot logo, and puts it at his chest "Looks good on me, right?"

A small smile and she nods.

"I'm glad I dress well" the ant boy smiles "You're nice. Are you my interogator, or warden? My master was Darth I thought he was luke"

"Neither, really."

"I've had my own run-ins with the Red-eye crew."

"Yeah" He looks sad "I didn't know he was a Badlor, I thought he was a Dogood"

The ant fellow says "I'm gonna get questioned, but I'm a sluagh, how can I yell?"

Troubled he can't clear his name

"The tongue lies, but the heart needn't."

"Find the visiting Baron, the one in blue and silver. Ask him about Vashti and Esther."

"I will" he stops then whispers "There's a troll... in the dungeon" The harry potter reference is accompanied by a look to the door where a guard waits

Zara nods, and pointedly covers her eyes with her hands.

And a small ant awaits her when she opens them.

"The spider shan't eat thee. She prefers popcorn."

At the word popcorn there is lively agreement, though she does worry that the butter goes right to her thorax

The ant clambers up cautiously

And Zara is out the window once more.

And off to wherever she wills

(And might even rejoin August and Tzip if she wishes)

Ant and spider actually get along