"Uh-huh!" Kaidy nods her head several times very fast, beaming at him. "My mum's name is Air Commodore Neala Douglas and she gets really really angry when people say she's too important to fly any more and I'm going to be just like her when I'm older, only no-one is ever going to get to tell me I can't fly."

Beat.

"Except probably without being old, because that sounds boring."

You can totally make that bit optional, right? Right?