"Only a handful," he admitted, "and three of them were more than just a ride in his ship! Not that I mind the just flying around on his ship, of course. There's no thrill like it in the world! But when we first met, he took me out to the jungle somewhere, and we wound up fighting giant scorpions and I got really sick from it, and then we went out to a tomb in the desert and fought cursed skeletons and a wraith--" He shuddered at the memory. "--and then we fought a Garuda, too!"
He knew that these trips were not for anything as noble as what Lionel did during his time away on his adventures, especially since he knew that Wil often ventured out into the wilds for treasure, but his eyes twinkled as he summarized the trips all the same. "I hope he'll take me out on more -- when he gets back." Merri did not dare think the word if.