“I apologize,” ... “Let’s pretend that never happened. My name is Riptide. I saw your signal … Are you looking for the Talons of Peace?”

“We don’t have a lot of SkyWings,” ... “Ruby pardoned almost everyone who’d had a disagreement with her mother, so all the fugitives who’d been hiding from Scarlet went home. But we still have a couple who don’t feel safe going back — I can ask one of them.”

(hesitantly excited) “Jade Mountain?” ... “You must know Tsunami. How is she? Did she send you? Was there a message for me?”