It wasn't that they were scared by the future Arabella Donovan described. They simply didn't believe a word of it. In fact, they felt they must be crazy to be wasting time on this, playing house with a ten-year-old girl instead of attending to proper business.
"Elder Donovan, your granddaughter certainly has a sense of humor. She must know we old-timers live such rigid lives and wanted to show us something new."
"Indeed. The youngsters these days have all sorts of trendy, endless ideas. We can't even begin to keep up. We're getting old, truly old."
"To be honest, the idea is quite novel, just not realistic. It's more suited for imaginative young people like her. As for us... we're too old to keep up with their trends."
"Hmph. A child should be reading more books, not watching all this nonsensical, unrealistic stuff. It's gotten to the point where she can't even tell reality from fiction."
"..."
