"Don't mind Khshathraslug," Harriet said. She crouched down and made cooing noises to summon it off his shoes and over to her, at which point she patted it like a dog.

"There's no point to him except he can ooze under doors and be cute and freaky."

She patted the slug again.

"Gosh what haven't I been up to? I made a remote control robot to help fight a god, I'm building the Spenta a new eyeball, I'm helping work up possible formulas to fix the Undertow... and then also bugbots, for funsies."