It came as no surprise her father was one of<em>those sorts.</em><br/><br/>Still.<br/><br/>She was fuelled by her curiosity, and he was all prepared to indulge that. It was harmless to tell her everything. Like it was to tell any of the other countless people he had travelled with who had eventually discovered the truth.<br/>Thereabouts.<br/>'Ah, now we're getting complicated.<em>It</em>is very much a<em>she.</em>She is fuelled by...'<br/><br/>...Oh, no, she was referring to the torch.<br/><br/>'Oh, you mean this? This is a different light than the one back there. This is powered by a little pack of energy. This is a torch.'