"What? No! Why would you do that? Where would you even run away to?"

"Somewhere! Somewhere with no adults!"

"But that's not safe."

"Buddy in my experience adults aren't very safe either. I kinda want to bolt and take my chances!"

"Wait... what?"

"Adults aren't very safe either. They kinda do whatever they want."

"Adults... are safe. They are annoying sometimes, but they can't do whatever they want."

"Maybe your world's adults are different. I've got a teleport thingy now so I'm not super worried."

"I guess. But you still shouldn't. What if something does catch you?"

"Wise Kamek says, even when all paths forward are cloudy, do not stop moving forward."

"What? Who is Kamek?"

"Old famous philosopher guy. I was just. Trying to sound smart."

"Well, I bet he never met a dangerous fae."

"Guess not, since we don't have fae."

"They are dangerous. You might no be able to run away fast enough."

"I already said fine!"

"Okay!" Adam says grumply. "I will get my dad then."

(It's still going better than he expected, so far.)

Adam returns with his dad (in a white-shirt) a few minutes later.

"Adam told me that you told him that you're from another world."

"Yyyyyyeeeeesss. I did say that. And it's even true."

"And you escaped a bad home situation?"

"Escaped the school. You're not allowed to do basically anything. And they hate people who are actually smart. My parents are... My mom's okay."

"Okay... what would you like to do? If no one got in your way?"

"...Read in a library for a month. Not have to do magic unless I'm getting paid or I want to. Buy cool things with the money I make and learn to make stuff and sell them for more than I started with. Maybe get a house-truck, trucks seem neat."

"Sounds reasonable." Stephen says nodding minutely. "I think you would need a license to drive a truck though. If you're not allowed to do that, what would you rather do?"