Sarah stared at me in disbelief for a moment. I grinned and raised my eyebrows,

"That's cute," she said. "Is that like a metaphor or something? Like, you can ... run real fast, right?"

"I'll show you," I replied.

I looked around for another show-and-tell opportunity. Like clockwork, a staff member walked out of the same door that we'd just come out from. He was a deus ex machina for sure.

"How you kids doing?" he casually asked as he walked by.

"Good, thanks," Sarah replied with a smile. I simply watched him as he passed on by us.

Just as he was about to round the corner down to...