"That's a pretty lofty goal," said Eleanor, snorting faintly, and entitely blaming her sudden bout of wit on recent poetry recitation clearly still having her feel a bit lyrical, "even for this elevation. But do you think she'll notice if I tried blending one into her Squishy one of these days?"

And she grinned back at Arden, a bit easier now with things getting under way.

"You guys have done a really great job with all of this, by the way," she added, figuring it wouldn't hurt to let Arden know her hard work had paid off nicely from her vantage so far. "It's beautiful ."