Fern liked having people bow at her. It made her feel like a princess. Or a superstar model. Or a really cool girl band member. She decided that maybe, if Benzi kept on bowing at her, she would call him by his real name and not Super Shorty. Maybe.

"Yorkshire," she answered before adding "My family races winged horses." If Benzi had been up with the racing news, he wouldn't have had to ask that question; their best horse, Lastbiteofcauldroncake, had done incredibly well in all of his races this past year. Next year, he might be able to beat out Fizzing Whizbee.

But after the bowing, Fern was going to give Benzi a pass.

"What about your family?"