"No, it was fun. For awhile." For a long while, really. I had been there for a long time and I had loved the Island for most of that period. It was only toward the end, once Peter brought Charlie to the Island and began to torture him that I realized just how cruel he was capable of being.

"But then you grow up," I said and smiled. "Just a little. A little is enough sometimes. Then pirates and fighting and violence stop seeming like as much fun as they used to."