"Maplesweet is the town where I reside. It was only a little over one kilometer from this place... or was it two?"

Gottlieb didn't have very long to ponder the math involved before Pidge responded to his demon suggestion. Her words caused him to shake his head while planting his hands on his hips.

"Dear girl, I assure you they are as real as you or I! Why, the only other time I wandered from the town was thanks to the dark, handsome charms of a demon. I ended up stuck in a cornfield until the dawn! It was frightful and itchy."