"Just fine," Blues says. He's been trying to get Mikhail to notice there's food, but so far the little boy is more interested in babbling at the window.

Ciel, now that her stress worm has been fed, starts to notice there's other food. But before Kalinka gets a chance to feed her more than a couple bites of scrambled eggs, the little girl notices the tribbles. "'Ble!" she says, pointing.

"Da, he has tribbles," says Kalinka.

"'Ble," Ciel says again, and then gives her stress worm a hug.