Alleluia gets up and leaves the room and returns a minute later with Caleb.
"Will you tell us about the magic?" she asks.
"Only if you tell us how you knew," Isabella says.
Alleluia opens her mouth, and then turns her face into Caleb's shoulder and murmurs, "I can't."
"I can," says Caleb, looking like he's about to get a treat he'd been told was forever off-limits. "Jovah's not a god. He's a - a sort of boat in the sky. A space ship."
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"Will you tell us about the magic?" she asks.
"Only if you tell us how you knew," Isabella says.
Alleluia opens her mouth, and then turns her face into Caleb's shoulder and murmurs, "I can't."
"I can," says Caleb, looking like he's about to get a treat he'd been told was forever off-limits. "Jovah's not a god. He's a - a sort of boat in the sky. A space ship."
Isabella looks like she's been slapped.