She gives Ed a swift peck on the cheek. "It just means that you're innovative, that you think differently, and you're inquisitive. Alice is the perfect scientist."

And then thinks 'pants pants pants' really hard, so he'll be comfortable, thinking him up a pair of nice, crisp blue trousers, still in line with the costume.

The Ghostbusters... she loves this world. With a thought, everything changes. So she won't think of purple elephants, no. They're lime green. And flying. And snorting fire out of their trunks.

"Sorry again!"

She leads a fast, twisted way through the maze, which is getting more cluttered all the time, as she thinks of viscious mermaids in ponds that look more fish than human, but with claws, blue fairies with fur and needle-sharp teeth (she quickly thinks of a cage to contain them). Fantastic new creatures that swim in the air, that look more mist than corporeal, and trees glittering with fruit as bright as stars.

"Sorry!"

She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and clears the clutter out of her brain.