Ray perked up. "Ooh! Ooh! I got a story! Momma brought me to the Es'press, and she said that they'd help me survive. Teach me how to live off the sand. Find water that doesn't burn your nose, that sort of thing. Then...one day...she left. She said I was a big boy now, and I didn't need her. I...I cried. I was so scared, and didn't know what to do...then the Es'press boss gave me a job. And now I'm here, with a Mr. Ranger, and a Steel Lady." He looked back and forth between Gaia and the Ranger.