"I don't know what it's like not being a human," she says, "so I'm not really sure how to compare."

"I like it," says Kerron brightly. "...I guess Mummy's technically a human. But she's so magic I don't really count her." He waves a hand.

"I'm getting that impression," the bat lady agrees dryly.

"Well, like, if you and me raced I'd win, but if me and Mummy raced she'd win if she wanted. And she wouldn't if she didn't and she prob'ly wouldn't but she could."

...That seems to say a lot about the Joker, actually. If only she understood it all.

"I wouldn't race with anybody who wasn't a hybrid or a wolf or magic anyway, it'd be boring, we'd know who was gonna win without running at all," shrugs Kerron.

"If only more people thought that way," says the bat lady.

"Yeah! But if you don't know who's gonna win, then it's fun, you can run and run your hardest and then you know! I'm gonna be in the Ultra Olympics when I'm old enough," Kerron adds. "I have to be three and a half, but then I'm allowed. I might do something besides running though."

"Something such as what?"

"Like I could do gymnastics, or swimming, or tennis, or whatever, you know, Olympics type stuff," says Kerron. "Henry's daddy runs the whole thing every year."

"And Henry's daddy is...?"

"His name's Emmett. Do you know him too?"

She shakes her head. "No. I've met your parents and your empress and I think that's it."

"Ooh, when'd you meet Her Majesty?"

"Last month."

"Huh. I don't remember anybody talking about visitors to Aurum then. Did she go here? Usually Her Majesty doesn't come here, just Her Highness."

"Time works strangely at Milliways," she evades.

"Is that why you didn't know what date it was?"

She nods.

"What's your world like? I've never been to any besides Aurum. And here if here's a world."

"No magic," is the first thing she thinks of to say.

"That's awful!" says Kerron. "Magic is great! I have lessons with Addy for it every week. I'm much better at colorshapes now."

"What... are these colorshapes, exactly?"

"They're -" Kerron waves around at the colorshapes orbiting Roberta herself, then puts his hand down again. "They're not really colors or really shapes but it feels like they are, and they tell me what people want, and if it has to do with me. I'm a witch and an ingot. I'm the first witch ingot ever! Addy thinks it's because Mummy's a mint and Daddy's a witch."

"What," she asks patiently, "are witches and ingots?"