"Celebrate, I say!" He clapped his hands, finally getting off the table. "An endless party to welcome your arrival! All singing, all dancing, all happiness!" Where was that music coming from? Who knew. But all the inanimate objects had been to move around.

"Oh, happy day! I've never felt so joyful in all my life... Seriously, never." He then cupped his chin, looking around. "In fact, this is the first time someone else has ever come here, in all my thousands of years."