Right. So Between Minerva's stammering and Hecate's lengthy pauses... Oh, and that SMILE. Definitely up...... to something.

"Well, in that case, I'll help yeh look," he said, returning a smile that was not completely genuine. Suspicious? Paranoid? Yes.

He walked to the far side of the pond, away from the other two delinquents searchers. A shimmery substance caught his eye after a few moments. Was that... "ORANGE?"

He pointed at the specimen.

"Hecate. Wha' have yeh bin doin' ter my ducks?"