Eryn asked. So Eryn’s capable of asking deep, philosophical questions, Nick thought. Even if Mom and Dad couldn’t teach us about philosophy. Then he looked out the window and realized she wasn’t asking about their purpose in life. “This is a good time for you to meet Ava and Jackson,” Michael said. “For real.” Because we’re too tired to argue? Nick thought. Because we’ve seen and heard so many strange things today, we’d barely notice one or two more? Neither he nor Eryn moved. “This house has soundproofing too,” Michael said, as if that was supposed to be a comforting thought. “So you don’t have to worry about anything bad happening.” Michael thinks the worst thing that could happen is someone overhearing us? Nick wondered. Um, what about extinction? What about . . . Nick couldn’t let himself keep thinking of potential disasters, or he’d never move.
