"Then I guess you'll just have to hop on the next boat and ask them yourself. I'm sure they'll have lists miles long enough when you ask them... but avoid the staff. They're not exactly helping their cases."

Suddenly, she snapped her fingers. "Okay, babies, that's enough. I don't need you weighing the size of bowling balls when you're sitting on my head."

Perhaps a little embarrassed, her familiars finished up their sweets and began to flitter back to her. Each one definitely now had little paunches to show off how much they'd eaten, the tiny gluttons.