Breekan attempts to hoist Keirdan onto his shoulders. "Leave the nice lady alone, mister," he intones. "This one thinks bad guys are boogey men and Andalite fairy tales. It's not nice to threaten her with the legendary wrath of the Dread Pirate Hardbones!" He taps on the bar. "Mister Bartender, Captain Hardbones would like some fruit salad and a small cheeseburger. Fresh fruit, that his body can digest safely. And the sort of cheeseburger that comes from meat you'd feed your mother." Breekan gives the Bartender a brief glance. "Or rather, the sort that I would feed my mother, if I had one, and that you would feed your mother, if you had one, and were a kind, loving, and less-ineffable son."