"Oh that sounds gross and awful," Jolie agrees. "Orc wasn't like that. He looked sort of like a person, only with weird hands and a weird head and horns no his face." She sounds almost fond of the dead alien. It's not like he ever hurt her, being dead and all.

"Okay, I'm going to try reverse now." She's seen the adults in her family do it, and they always look back over her shoulder, which is awkward when she's short and the back of the chair is tall and also there's a giant turtle in the chair next to her who she'd rather not accidentally bonk while trying to twist in her seat.

She manages, though, and the car backs up, one jerky inch at a time. "How can you tell if there's something under the level of the back window?" she mutters, mostly to herself.