Chien's thirteen he thinks and Soren's a swellow! Chien's here in my drawing - see? - and he and Soren live in the top of a building and Chien's from the jungle, he says, and has these dark brown wings that are like really wet ground. He took me flying! [ she pauses, apparently considering divulging the next part, but ends up going on ] We're gonna practice our reading and writing then, 'cause he's learning how, so she shouldn't mind!