<em>“Um… do you mean ambassador?”</em>asked Midori while Kino's face was scrunched up trying to remember the exact word.  When she said it, he pounded his fist into his palm with a low smacking sound, "That's it!  I can never remember how that word goes."<br/><br/>After that, Midori spoke about she lived with her uncle and that he was a merchant.  Kino wasn't sure he'd been to District B before.  Most of the time, he was running around the village's outskirts and training.  Well, he considered it training anyway.  His parents mostly thought it was playing.  However, he did get his own training from them when they had the time, but it was pretty much only learning the basics.  His mother always liked to add in a surprise or two during his studies of the various herbs.  Meanwhile, his father had stated that until he mastered the most basic of training puppets, his training in the Puppet Arts could not proceed any further.<br/><br/>Kino tilted his head, "A shop?  What kind?"<br/><br/>Once she'd answered, they turned back to the stuck cat in the tree.  Eventually, Midori agreed to let Kino hold the kitten she held close to her and held it out to him.  He carefully took the squirming ball of fur and held it at arms length.<br/><br/>"Easy there, kitten.  I'll give you back to Midori-chan just as soon as we get this other cat out of the tree.  Can you wait a little bit?"  Kino tried to speak gently, but the kitten seemed more focused on getting back to the girl.  However, the squirming eased, if only just very slightly.  That was when Mirdori spoke.<br/><br/><em>“How… umm… how should I climb to your shoulders?”</em><br/><br/>Kino looked back towards her, "Oh, ah, let me crouch down under that lower limb.  You can then climb on my back and hold on carefully.  I'll slowly stand and then you can climb onto my shoulders.  I think that you can reach that limb from there.  What do you think?"<br/><br/>Kino obviously thought it was a good idea.  Midori was likely a bit lighter than he was, so it made perfect sense.  In fact, he went ahead and crouched down under the limb, carefully holding the little cat in his hands.  He jerked his head slightly, "Well, come on.  Who knows if or when that cat will get down if we don't help it, right?"