[Magic. Right. Of course. And why shouldn't a mouse be magical? It makes perfect sense. Perfect Luceti sense.]
Shocking.
[The admiral says - sounding in no way similar to Sean Connery - and promptly disappears from the window. Not to worry. He reappears at the door soon thereafter. Now that he can be seen from head to foot, it is evident that he is holding a small, flat, plastic thing in one hand. He offers it to the boy.]
Now, I have had the good fortune to have discovered this - a cassette tape.
[The boy's reaction should answer the question he might have followed up with.]
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Shocking.
[The admiral says - sounding in no way similar to Sean Connery - and promptly disappears from the window. Not to worry. He reappears at the door soon thereafter. Now that he can be seen from head to foot, it is evident that he is holding a small, flat, plastic thing in one hand. He offers it to the boy.]
Now, I have had the good fortune to have discovered this - a cassette tape.
[The boy's reaction should answer the question he might have followed up with.]