"Wellllll, it's like this. I was flirting with a pretty girl and simultaneously trying to get her to kiss me and encourage me to go hit on a cute boy, because I'm a devious multitasker that way, but then it turned out that the girl was way more devious than I am, and she decided instead that I should kiss a different cute boy. Except instead of a boy, it was a turtle? Like a really freaking terrifying turtle?"

Micah finally takes a breath. "So in short, I need to kiss your spiky turtle form. The kiss is from Essie. She loves Turtle Leo, apparently?"