<br/>"Air is almost always better at a height," Alphonse says. "And dirty is okay with me. You just not notice dirt 'cause we still damp with sweat and swamp water. Now water dry up and sweat makes us sticky to dirt and sand. But is okay." He climbed up an oversized fern and perched for a moment on one extended frond, then shrugged and hopped down again. "You right. Chop make noise, better to just crawl or push--even in dirt."<br/><br/>The halfling smiled. "But we can take bath back in town, yes?"