"It's a kids' story," Keith said from where he was sitting. "You can probably get a copy of the book across the street or something. It's like..."

And at last he finished chewing.

"It's like, 'once upon a time, thousands of years ago, there was a vast kingdom that stretched from high in Canada to the wilds of the jungles in South America. It was a magical place where humans and animal spirits lived side by side, and they called it Animaria.' That kind of tripe - and if Hydra believes that, then they're the ones with problems, not us."

"I dunno, man," Tony mused. "A few years ago, we thought the same thing about Norse gods and look how that turned out."

Keith blinked slowly. "...Okay, point taken. And I guess they did send scientists out to check shit out..."