He thinks about it. The truth is, he's scared a lot of kids in his time. Maybe there is a smell to it, but he's never really thought of it in such physical terms. He's read the phrase in books, but not connected it with his own experiences.

'I don't think you do either,' he says, decisively.

'Fear is pheromones, and you can't put a smell on them. It's a feeling. It's not like it smells of oranges or anything.'