Or a candle dancing on the breeze

It was nice to see Dante relax and laugh - had he many occasions in everyday life to be like this? Carefree as a kid? Osprey couldn't tell. While it seemed that she had known him for a long time, actually they knew very little about each other. Just from observations, the spoken word of others and assumptions based on first impressions.

"Really," Osprey lifted her eyebrows, when Dante announced that he was going to lie like this forever. "This is unexpected... will you require the rest of us - pateau dewllers - to live upside down too? Should I call an emergency meeting?" she said, getting to her feet and her smile growing bigger with every passing moment. "You do remember that I can be very loud, if I want. One howl and I bet everyone would be here in a matter of minutes to hear the news."