“Might we be in some kind of a prison?” said Muko.
Paidia responded: “To be in prison we should have done something wrong. I know I did something wrong once but I can't remember what it was.”
“I can remember one bad thing I did,” Muko told them. “There was this big clock and I tried to wind it but I ended up breaking it. I can't remember much else though, except that I was in big trouble.”
“I know,” blurted Paidia. “Perhaps this is what heaven or hell are like?”
“Well then it's got to be hell,” joked Gelio, “because you definitely don't look like an angel, Paidia.”
Paidia pouted good-humouredly, but looking past her, Gelio realised that Amartia was sitting in silence.
“What's your name?” he asked, hoping to open her up a
little.
“It's Amartia, and I don't remember hardly anything
before this morning either.”