[Because Uncle doesn't often pull that out, even when he's obviously frustrated, Lloyd quiets and doesn't ask further. But he's distracted while they fly, straining to see his father past Yuan's back, and every so often Colette nudges them straight again.

[They come at Asgard from over the mountains, the opposite direction of its trail through the canyon. Botta's bolthole is slightly apart from the rest of the dwellings, but is backed up down on the cliffs, where there's easy and unseen access for those who can fly. They dismount there, inside a cave which holds Botta's smuggled equipment.

[Nearly the moment they touch down Lloyd vaults off the rheaird, leaving it to Colette, and rushes over to Uncle Yuan.]

Can I do anything? What do we need?