Arika is not sure what to say to answer to the two persistent girls, but her attention is easily stolen away but the antics of her son. She narrows her brow slightly, a look of slight bemusement upon her regal features, prepared to tell him that his father had used that tactic many a time with her before, and each time the tactic had failed...

But instead, she lightly brushes back her long hair with her fingers from her shoulders, and nods her head. "All right. They may help me learn more about this ship that we live upon."

She folds her hands in her lap. "And then, I will tell you children about the antics of Negi's father."