(The NARRATORS exit. RHYME and REASON enter wearing the same costumes they wore when we last saw them. They face the direction where MILO and TOCK will appear.)

Just a little further! Hurry!

You re very near! You re almost here!

(The music fades out as MILO and TOCK enter. THEY are out of breath and seem dazed. They stop and stare at the PRINCESSES in awe.)

Welcome to the Castle in the Air. We ve been hoping someone would come.

To reach this place, afloat in space, you both endured a fearful chase!

You must be the Princess of Sweet Rhyme!

That is true.

(MILO bows awkwardly; she curtsies.) 

And who are you?

My name is Milo.

I m Tock.
(to REASON)
And you must be the Princess of Pure Reason!

(seriously, but with a twinkle in her eye) 
Based on the evidence, and through the process of elimination, that would be a most logical assumption.

(TOCK bows; she curtsies.)

We ve come to rescue you.

(Both PRINCESSES are deeply moved.)

How ever did you get permission from Azaz and the Mathemagician?

You must have been wondrously clever!

Indeed, he was, Princess.

(shaking his head sadly)
Well, I don t feel very clever.

(Music begins: the introduction to MILO.) 

Now that we re up here, I don t know how to get us back down without the demons catching us. The truth is... I don t know much about anything. It never seemed to matter before.