"This is my house, and you're welcoming me?" Sophie asked him.

"Strictly speaking, this is my house," Neil said. "I just had Ophelia move it inside your house."

"So what, you made her house bigger on the inside?" Matt asked. "Have you been watching TV?"

"It was my idea, actually," Brian said. "Before he starts pretending to be clever."

"Yes, but I'm the one who wished for it," Neil said.

"Anyway boys, if I could just interrupt," Sarah said. "Sophie, Matt, please sit."

The two teens sat down next to each-other at the table.

"Not getting your genies out?" Jürgen asked.

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"We were on a date," Sophie replied. "You interrupted us."

"Decided to have a fling?" Sarah asked. "That's sweet. But remember, there's nothing quite like having a bunch of gorgeous hunks do your bidding."

"Did you call us here for a reason?" Sophie asked.

"Indeed we did," Neil said. "We've been discussing things, and we'd like to invite you both to be formal members of our organisation."

"And what would that involve?" Matt asked.

"You get to come to our meetings, for one," Brian explained. "And you get to share in our secrets."

"Secrets?" Matt asked.

"Do you wish to join us?" Jürgen asked.

"What happened to Alex?" Sophie asked.

"Keeping secrets from us is an easy way to get kicked out," Sarah replied. "Ideally we'd confiscate his lamp, but that wouldn't really achieve anything without Apriya inside. Though if our plans come to fruition, that shouldn't be a problem for much longer."

"Plans?" Sophie asked, intrigued.

"Well, we may as well tell you both," Neil said. "You see, our organisation was founded by Alex's grandfather, Jeramiah, who had a theory. He wondered where the genies came from. They don't know, but someone must have put them here. Someone must have bound them to serve humans. Someone must have made the rules we have to follow. But who?"

"Maybe some sort of G.o.d?" Sophie suggested.

"That's one theory," Neil continued. "But we also have a theory that religion was developed by genies. That all divinely-attributed miracles throughout history are actually the work of genies. It would seem plausible, but then, that would basically destroy organised religion. And it would throw a spanner in the works of the theory that G.o.d gave us the genies. Unless, of course, it is some sort of G.o.d that merely wished to give us the genies and observe."