“Patrick looked at me, and his face lit up. “Oh, brilliant! It’s a – well, we’ve wanted one of those for years, haven’t we, it’s – I think the scientific name’s something beginning with ‘q,’ but – obviously, it’s – ” He stared blankly at Yrsa. “What is it, then, some new kind of monkey?”

“Patrick looked at me, and his face lit up. “Oh, brilliant! It’s a – well, we’ve wanted one of those for years, haven’t we, it’s – I think the scientific name’s something beginning with ‘q,’ but – obviously, it’s – ” He stared blankly at Yrsa. “What is it, then, some new kind of monkey?”

— Kyle Robert Shultz