On the N--oh, right, that word can mean electrical wires too. Thorne set one up. Beatrice catches herself before sounding too stupid about modern technology.

"It's a territory you're intimately familiar with, and I don't imagine little electricity people have much in the way of maternal tradition...although I suppose they could still have matriarchs," she observes. "Mei's a sly one, though, behind her tearful cookie-baking nursemaid side. I would be extremely surprised if she didn't have some sort of counter against your home-field advantage prepared."