NiGHTS nodded. "Well, sort of," he replied. "It's a little hard to explain." That, and he didn't have the patience right now for explaining. It was one of the things he missed about Owl; the old bird could easily explain things while NiGHTS dallied and waited for that boring stuff to be over with so he could go have some fun already.

"Anyway," NiGHTS continued, "she's got to show up somewhere..."