She shrugged, then gave him a playful luck. "In that case, maybe next time you'll pick the fruit juice over the sweets! That way you won't have to worry about being a kid. Still, I do wish I could have stayed like that for a little longer. It was nice."

Here though, it was OK to let him up: they'd had fun, and the truth was she really wanted to see those dolphins. "I think you know the answer to that," she said, "but let's do it at dusk!"