Kate seemed nice. And helpful. And she wasn't quiet like Agnes had been. Usually he didn't like when people were loud and all over the place but after what Agnes had turned out to be, the louder the better.
His eyes lit up when she said she was a hero. "My mom and dad are heroes! Mom just saved a whole bunch of people from a really bad witch lady!" Okay, so they were in a big city and there were lots of people with lots of noise. He could figure this out. And he had a hero now! "I'm Billy. And I went to bed at home and I woke up on a sidewalk and that ostrich was staring at me!"