"Relax, Liam, I'm not actually going to eat you," Verity said, giving him a quick hug. "...There are plenty of workers around here to go for first."

Not helping, Verity!

"Besides, my parents insisted that we learn how to navigate by cardinal directions before we were allowed to start first grade," she added. "And after that, we used to get locked in the trunk of a car and taken for long, rambling rides, where we'd be dumped on the side of the road and expected to find our way home again. We'll be fine."

...She wasn't going to mention that she'd nearly had to repeat kindergarten and had only made it back home about half the time.