Danny was never. Ever. Going to eat or drink anything slug-based or called something like 'spoo.'

"Timmy. The one kid was Timmy and he stayed really quick to make sure we were okay, but he left after that. No explanations, didn't tell us how a bunch of ten year olds got rockets to fly around in. After that, he booked. We didn't get to talk to any of the others."

Little bits of crystal were chipping off now, smaller and smaller.