There was a subtle eyeroll and then Henry finally moved off the bed, throwing the heart onto it and speaking again to the computer.

"Computer. Save and end program." He stared at the heart, watching it disappear with everything else leaving just the two of them standing in the chequered room. He gave a small sigh because he had liked holding that heart but then he turned his attention back to his mother, who he had half expected not to be real.

"I am very real, thank you very much. Now I repeat, can I help you?"