“Are you sure that’s what you want, sweety?”

  “Yes, dad.”

  “It’s okay to just play and have fun.”

  “But Ricky and Peter don’t get to?”

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  “Well, they’re…I mean, their world is different from ours.”

  “It is?”

  “Well…you know what, no. It’s not really that different at all. You can join them if you want, sweety. Mister Clarke said he’d pay for it.”

  “Who’s that?”

  “Er, their grandpa.”

  “Oh, right. So I can be with Peter and Ricky after school longer now?”

  “Yep. Sounds like it.”