"That sounds pretty frightening," Gen said honestly, not just from a kid's perspective, either. Suddenly, nobody being able to understand you? "I'm glad that whatever caused that was fixed."

But then, he brightened up considerably, and gave her a wink.

"I am! I'm a Mentalist, my dear - that's a kind of magician - so I do all sorts of tricks and illusions to entertain people. It's really a lot of fun."