"...A giant pumpkin," she repeated, her voice deadpan. A moment later she laughed. "That sounds like something out of a fairytale! Is it, like, actually a pumpkin, or just built to look like one?"

Okay, this looked more like a proper doctor's office, she mused as she followed him through the living room and into the exam room. She took a look around from the doorway, then stepped inside, hanging her helmet on a spare hook by the door and walking over to the examination table.

"You want me to sit?" she asked, patting it.