"Thanks!" She lifts out the little green man and makes him do his little green dance a few inches above the nearest flat surface of appropriate height - perhaps a tabletop or the arm of a chair. It seems to provide endless amusement. And as a bonus, she's left two-thirds of the substance for Ray to drink while she plays with the remaining third.

"No, I'm not here with my parents. Or anybody else, really. I haven't yet been able to convince my adoptive mother to come along, and now I'm Bound, so even if I wanted to bring along anyone from home I couldn't."