Katherine doesn't know much — she's only twelve, after all — but she knows one thing for absolute certain.

She desperately needs pet sea monkeys.

"I bet there is!"

There's rarely a moment she isn't acutely aware of how close she is to a boy, but it isn't always uncomfortable. He's an honest to goodness New York City boy, and he knows so many interesting things about the future. So what if his arm occasionally brushes hers, or their knees sometimes touch?

"They got all sorts of horses in the stables here, I already checked. C'mon, I'll show you."