"Oh no!" she said, shaking her head vigorously. "While I know back home can be a bit of a paradise, I don't think it's anything compared to Egypt - Egypt has the pyramids! What a sight to behold!" While she was more drawn to water than the desert, they both had sand, so the desert couldn't be all that bad could it?

Sunday beamed at him. "Perhaps you can come visit, you and your family!" she suggested. "I can talk to mummy and papa, I'm sure they would love to meet you. And I can show you the beach and how to properly swim." She grinned mischevously at him; though he hadn't outright said it, she had the strongest feeling that he was not the best swimmer....