"I'll do my best to stop it from ending badly," Duck said determinedly, and it was quite evident that she really would. These were not empty words. Duck would do everything in her power, no matter how small that power was, to bring a happy ending to the tale of Prince Mytho.

"Or maybe," Duck countered, "the bringing people here was the accident, and everything else just sort of... shaped around it. I'm not arguing," she added hastily, "I'm just trying to think of other options. Maybe one of them will turn out to be the right one."

Again, Setsuna got one of Duck's sheepish smiles. "Would you? I'm sorry for being troublesome, but, well, you've seen how clumsy I can be..."