“Hey,” I said. “Do you know how to get back to Berta’s, uh… Bed… Birds, Baboons, Bandicoots, and Beyond?” I was rewarded by another giggle, and Kaz looked like she had just as many questions for me, but she didn’t know which to start with. “What are baboons and bandicoots?” she asked in a tone of extreme interest. “Oh, right.” I pondered this for a second. “I think those are more of a ‘show, don’t tell’ thing. We’ll save them for later.
Glad to see a protag that knows the cardinal rule of storytelling.
