"Were you involved in those disappearings, then?" He has no doubt that she could prove a formidable monster in the under the bed.

He raises his eyebrows and leans in, thumb stroking the side of his jaw in thought. "I'm afraid I haven't been told very much at all. They took me about twenty minutes before they covered me in those glittery trousers and put me on ice skates. Hardly my most dignified moment."