彼得,为什么我觉得你认为这对彼得·威金来说是一个千载难逢的机会?对于我们俩来说,瓦尔。彼得,你十二岁了。我十岁了。他们对我们这个年纪的人有一句话。他们称我们为孩子,对待我们就像对待老鼠一样。但我们的思维方式与其他孩子不同,是吗,瓦尔?我们不像其他孩子那样说话。最重要的是,我们不像其他孩子那样写作。对于以死亡威胁开始的讨论,彼得,我认为我们已经偏离了主题。
(Peter, why do I get the idea that you are thinking of this as a golden opportunity for Peter Wiggin? For both of us, Val. Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice. But we don't think like other children, do we, Val? We don't talk like other children. And above all, we don't write like other children. For a discussion that began with death threats, Peter, we've strayed from the topic, I think.)