"Very effective," Tony offered to Miss Hardbroom, once away from the mildly confused crowd of youngsters. Was something supposed to happen?

Apparently, but even with the unexpected, she didn't appear to have lost her cool- and he could appreciate anyone with that kind of keen social grace. (Look, there were only a small handful of adults on this trip, he was committed to making An Effort of Some Kind.)

"Not your first rodeo? The kids-" he clarified, gesturing at them as they fanned out over the cobbles in various stages of nervous-to-excited.