"That's-" he almost said something he shouldn't, but quickly remembered that he was speaking to someone who wasn't even a teenager yet. "-not cool."

Kieron sat forward. He wasn't sure what it was he was supposed to be seeing, and if it turned out to just be an imagination game, he was going to have to very quickly remember how best to act thoroughly impressed--

Then, the light appeared. He knew exactly what that was, and he no longer had to worry about pretending to be impressed because his eyes narrowed and his jaw dropped a little. He watched the bending of the light, the prisms, the reflecting and the refracting... It was beautiful. Awesome. And he knew exactly what it was.

He gave the boy a grin. "Wow. So, how are you doing it?"