"Save the batteries, cousin," Pookie said. "I think I can handle getting us all there without help."
"You? Since when were you coming along?" Aahz gaped.
"Since I hired on with Skeeve here," the bodyguard countered. "While we're on the subject, since when did you need a D-hopper to travel through the dimensions?"
"Um... if the two of you don't mind," I said, stuffing my dirty clothes into my new bag, "could we save all that until later? Right now, we've got a war to catch!"