"Did you ever have a big secret?"

"Yes. Oh, yes." She looks past me. "When I was not much older than Rani or Clyde, I met a man called the Doctor. He looked human, but he was a Time Lord who could change his face. He traveled through space and time in the TARDIS—ask Clyde and Rani sometime. It looks like a blue box, but it's bigger on the inside."

"What happened?"

"Suddenly, he had to go home. I couldn't go with him. Thought I'd never see him again. But I did." Her cheeks are wet, but she's smiling.