Sparkle's bag went with him, like, everywhere. It wasn't like he was going to forget Alec on the bus or anything.

... Mostly because he was going to be hitchhiking his way back to the causeway, as best he could. It's not like he had a credit card, or cash for a cab, or even an American debit card. Fandom's bank was pretty accepting of foreign bank cards, after all.

"Now," he said, peering into the bag as he half-zipped it shut, "you're going to have to stay quiet in there, or else I might have to give you to that crying kid in the gift shop that we saw on our way in."