Alex nodded at Yuriko, "Hey, I'd be happy to play tour guide.  I can show you both the sights, maybe take you to some the real fun places that most people don't get to go to, and we can spend a little time on little side adventures.  Ever played at a high rollers table?  Nothing like it: this little jaunt we did is just an appetizer."<br/><br/>"But Aunty, you may have seen a hundred scions who were like me, but I can guarantee that none of them<em>were</em>me," Alexander grinned insolently at Cleo, happy to see that the stern woman was beginning to loosen up a bit.  "And let me tell you that the little distinction there makes all the difference.  You really have yet to see me work my magic: I make David Copperfield look like he's just playing three-card monte."<br/><br/>"But plans!  And having them: weren't we just 'porting in front of the Terra Incognita's entrance to skip the mortals?  And then somehow we had to negotiate an army of titanspawn to screw up a ritual that is being supervised by something super powerful?  I think there was more to it than that."