Morning dawns just as dull as yesterday, and as Ru and I get off the school coach and follow everyone else as they head off to their classes, I pull him aside.
“How did you really come up with those creatures?” I say, forcing him to make eye contact.
He hesitates. “They were in Great Cousin Maggie’s diary. I didn’t want to tell you about it, because that’s what those creatures you’ve been talking about really look like.”
“You mean the Krobats? How did she know?” I press, wondering just how much he’s already learnt about them.
“She wanted to know what that creature she saw as a child was, and what the blurs were. She went back into the woods, and there they were, already waiting for her. I wanted to show you first, but mum caught me when I went to find you. I thought if you knew what th
