"I got a better idea. I'll grab another plate and we can put 'em on that. I'd feel weird messin' up your nice coffee table. That thing looks more expensive than the last motel I stayed in and my mama always told me to respect another person's house." he said in his Midwestern drawl.

He bit into another wing.

"So how does a princess get time off from her royal duties to come hang out with us surface people? Do you have to promise to come home every few days and report back or what?" he asked.

"Or are you just tellin' all the Atlanteans where the best food on the surface is?" he teased.