"I can't blame him for wanting to avoid people," Caspar replies, leaning back a little in his seat. "Sounds like a nice place, though." Time spent with pokémon has warmed him up to the idea of worlds of talking animals, even if the idea of a Bigfoot named Charlie stretches his credulity.

The dolmas taste as good as Adia remembers, but she's quick to swallow her bite, having more enthusiasm to answer Ice Bear's question. "It's wonderful. Everyone's tending to their gardens so there are flowers everywhere. We've started beekeeping, too. I think we'll have a good harvest all through summer and autumn."

There's a lot more going on, of course. Atlantis is less than a year old and here is much work left to be done. But it seems only appropriate to focus on such things at a Spring revel.