Conversations ...

This one takes place about half an hour after I supposedly put them to bed. Jake calls me from the hallway, Cooper is directly behind him. Neither even looks remotely sleepy.

Me: You two are supposed to be in bed.
Jake: But Daddy, how do you escape from a locked cage?
Me: A locked train?
Jake: No, a cage!
Me: Okay, get back into bed and I'll tell you.
(He complies, Cooper does, too.)
Me: With any sort of cage, you're gonna want to attack the lock.
Jake: The lock?
Me: Yeah, it's the weak point in these situations.
Jake: (Long thought.) Okay, so I'll just get the keys from the bad guys and then use that to open the lock.
Me: That will work.
Jake: Okay. (Rolls over.)

I didn't hear from him again for the night.