"And all this," he says. "Is from Ms. Joe's little light bulb?"

"Well," says Bina. "Yeah." It is true, but she feels compelled to add. "The Giant Bug From Space definitely helped though."

He pauses to think about that for a few seconds, disregards it as too big and focuses on what he can manage at the moment. "But I've seen it! It's so small!" he protests. "It fits in a shoe-box!"

"Ah," says Bina. "I've found - "



"- when a small thing is in the right place -"



"- she can do all the damage she needs."