He sets down the large box. It says K'Nex on the side and has colourful pictures of mysterious objects.

"Mmmmarkers," he says, pulling the first thing out of the plastic bag and handing it to her. "Colouring books," second. "Books in general." An almost random selection of five that looked like fun. "And a helicopter!"

The helicopter is in a cardboard box of its very own, and it is the last thing in the bag.