"What are you doing here so early?"
"Oh! Jude!"
Emil said it with a smile as soon as he turned toward him. Jude's eyes then went to what he was holding in his arms: hornbills. Not just Corno, but a second one.
"The other egg hatched too, huh?"
"I had a strange feeling last night, so I came here and found it shaking. They're sleeping now after I fed them."
"By the way, do you know what they are? I mean, what species?"
"A few months from now, they'll grow very, very big, big enough for us to ride."
"But they can't replace motorcycles, can they?"
Emil narrowed his eyes as if Jude were talking nonsense.
"I heard from Gorgos that they're very fast, though?"
"Who's Gorgos?"
"The chief beetle's name."
Ah... Now that Jude knew he was from a dwarf-like race, the name suited him well.
