He explained that he should have warned us earlier that work might interrupt the visit, and he offered a new date.

Mason asked, ‘How do we know it won’t happen again?’

‘I can’t promise nothing will ever change,’ Terrence said.

‘I can promise to tell you sooner when I know.

And if I miss something important, I’ll try to repair it.’

‘You missed the telescope,’ Wyatt said.

‘I would still like to see it,’ Terrence replied.

Wyatt held up the crushed tube of cardboard.