Zac...was not expecting this. He was sure that the explanation he gave the kid was more than enough, but here she was, accusing him of being, of all things, an alien. He could try to tell her she was wrong, but he knew what the likelihood of her believing that was. Children were like that: when they believed something, they believed it with every fiber of their being, especially if it was something like this. This kind of steadfastness was something Zac felt should be admired. [i]Well,[/i] he thinks, [i]there's only one thing I can do in this situation: play along.[/i]

"Oh, you got me," he says with a defeated sigh. Crouching in front of the girl, he says in a low voice, as if it were a secret, "You're right. I'm an alien. I come from...planet...X? Yeah, Planet X! I was on my way to Planet G for vacation, but my ship broke down. I've been staying in one of your...what's the word for it? Ah, hotel! I've been staying in one of those while my ship is being fixed." While he was explaining this, he felt as if he had seen something similar in an old cartoon he had watched when he was a kid. [i]I always knew watching those cartoons would help out at some point,[/i] he finds himself thinking.

Then, fixing the child with a serious gaze, he says, "You have to keep this secret, though. If word were to get out about me being an alien, the government will catch me and I'll never be able to go home."

Hearing the bell chime over the door, Zac then says, "Now, if I wanna keep up my disguise as a human, I have to get back to work, okay? I promise, though, if you keep my secret, the next time you come here, I'll show you even better tricks than what you've already seen. Deal?"

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