He sincerely doubts that's actually how it works, but who is he to rain on her birthday parade? It's the kid's birthday. So if she says this is how you get to be an idol, then that's how it shall be. For twenty-four hours, Ren's word is law.

Not that it isn't law anyway. Too many people wanna see her smile for it to be otherwise.

"I got no idea what 'pop pop' is," he says, with a rueful twist to one side of his mouth, "but spinning's easy, I guess."