"The polite thing to do when someone says 'no' is not do it."

William nods a lot.

"That too." 

"Okay, okay."

He looks at Charles. "What's he do?"

"Copies himself then gets back together."

"Oh. That's all?"

"Yeah."

"It's the best power," insists William.

"One of the girls back home has a different power for every colour!"

"I think that's maybe one of the least helpful ways of putting it."

"But it's true!"

"Sure but it could mean anything."

"But she has like, thousands and thousands!"

"But you didn't explain for example that she makes these colours."

"That is incidental to the awesome!"

"It's not, she can't do things to things she didn't paint, that changes a lot!"

He shrugs. "Not like she needs actual paint." He looks at William again. "You could so take over the world with your power."

Is that a glint in Stan's eyes?

He nods smugly. "I so could."

"We should so do that!"

"Well maybe I should do that."

"You need someone with a bit of raw power behind you."

"No I don't!"

"It could be family bonding time!"

He furrows his brows. "But we're not family."

"You live in our house and our mum takes care of you."

"Yeah?"

"Well what else do we need?"