"Oh darling, I know how getting hormonally upset can feel. When I reached the age of 13, I cried a lot before the terrible bleeding started. I threw away enough knickers to fill a landfill."
"But....mummy, it's not fair. I don't want teary eyes, or a snotty nose, or an eczema patch near my eye. I want to be me!"
"You're still you, darling, no matter what happens to the other members of International Rescue."
"It's just not fair," said Brum, "Everyone keeps calling me 'a kid with a bright coat of paint on', and everyone else says I have 'a brain full of motor oil'. I wish I could be someone else entirely - I want to be someone different for a change. And then, my brain won't be full of motor oil."