Back at the Observatory later, after Mika had been overwhelmed with visitors and gifts and promises of friendship, Pingu found the Knights preparing to depart.
"I wanted to speak with you before you left." he said, waddling up with unusual solemnity. "To thank you, yes, but also to share something important."
"We were happy to help." Lumi said. "It's what Knights do."
"You did more than help." Pingu insisted. "You revealed a truth we'd been blind to. Before this crisis, we lived here together, but apart. Seals in their territories, penguins in ours, humans in theirs. We traded, we talked, but we didn't truly trust each other. We were three peoples sharing one land."
