Emily woke to the sound of Ming Li's voice echoing through the penthouse, followed by Thor's enthusiastic barking.
"No, Thor! Geneva is HERE...." A pause. "Sister Emily! Thor ate Switzerland! He ate the map! The whole country!"
Emily groaned and pulled a pillow over her head. It was going to be one of those days.
By the time she emerged from the bedroom, she found Ming Li on the living room floor surrounded by torn paper, Thor wagging his tail proudly, and Sebastian standing in the doorway with his hand over his face.
"He ate Switzerland," Ming Li repeated mournfully, holding up shredded remains of what had been a detailed map of Geneva. "I was teaching him the escape routes and he thought it was a game and now Switzerland is gone!"
"Switzerland still exists," Emily said, heading for the coffee pot. "Just not on your map."
