But she might get a foot cramp, and then where would they be?

Daine shakes her head. She'll appreciate the irony later; for now, her concern is that he'll experience more jostling if she carries him in her talons than he would if he got on her back.

"No falling," Secret says, sounding just a bit indignant at the very idea that it would allow such a thing. "Secret holds on, keeps Andrew still."