Oh yeah Let s see how well you entertain when I turn you off like a light!

Kit rolled his eyes.  Listen to me, you two! You can t get hung up on the active-role-passive-role thing. They re both just fine, and there s more to life 

 Like what !

Kit s mama came drifting in and looked over Kit s shoulder as he continued to speak passionately to the remote and the DVD player about the importance of cooperation and teamwork, the need not to feel diminished by acting, however briefly, as part of a whole. But the remote refused to do anything further, and the screen stayed blue. Kit started to think he must be turning that color in the face.

 It sounds like escargot,  his mother said, leaning her short, round self over him to look at the TV.

 What 

 Sorry.Esperanto. I don t know why the word for snails always comes out first.

Kit looked at his mother with some interest.  You can hear it   he said. It was moderately unusual fornonwizards to hear the Speech at all. When they did, they tended to hear it as the language they spoke themselves but because the Speech contained and informed all languages, being the seed from which they grew, this was to be expected.

 I hear it a little,  his mother said.  Like someone talking in the next room. Which it was 

 I wonder if the wizardry comes from your side of the family,  Kit said.

His mother s broad and pretty face suddenly acquired a nervous quality.  Uh-oh, the chicken broth,  she said, and took herself back to the kitchen.

 What aboutPonch    Kit said.

 He ate the dog biscuit,  his mother said after a moment.

 And he didn t ask you any more philosophical stuff 

 He went out. I think he had a date with a biological function.

Kit smirked, though he turned his face so she wouldn t see it if she came back in.