In response, Aranya has him injected with a drug, turning him into a doddering simpleton. The city is nominally led by Emperor Fred, a doddering eccentric. The company then lumbered along for the next few years, hampered by doddering executive management. He soon realises that the ancient aunts aren't as doddering as he first thought. The trombonist is a Buddhist monk, and the saxophonist is a doddering, gray-haired man. Zifnab is here as well, doddering about causing trouble for his faithful dragon.