"Well, if it's easy to come by then I'll probably be back in the future. Best to choose the plane you know rather than bumble into one you don't," he explains. "And I wasn't planning on leaving immediately, I would hurt myself so soon after travelling here."

"Not to mention," says the kagu, leaping from his shoulder onto the ground, flapping her wings a bit to land gracefully. She manages, flightless though she is. "We would both like to know as much as possible about daemons, now that I exist."