Darkness Page #2

What if something were to happen?

We're ten minutes away from

downtown and I already told you,

nothing's going to happen.

- Mom.

- What?

If you don't like this house

or your family,

then get your things and go.

Isn't that what you wanted, to go?

Well, go on then!

I think we'll survive.

Since the beginning of time,

people considered this phenomenon

in different ways.

But how do eclipses exactly work?

- Feeling better?

- No.

Come on, I fight

with my Mom all the time.

It's normal.

No it's not.

She's never been this cruel before.

I bet she didn't even notice.

- Sometimes people say things that...

- I don't care.

I'm not comfortable.

I don't feel happy in that house.

- Hey there, Tiger.

- Hi.

What are you doing?

Drawing.

You don't play with this anymore.

You used to like it.

Are you going to die?

No.

Listen buddy, what happened

is that your dad...

I got a little too tense

this morning.

Forget about it.

You're not going to let

that worry you, are you?

Come on,

time for bed.

Dad,

don't.

Come on,

lights out.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

What are you doing up?

I couldn't sleep.

Dad said I couldn't leave

a light on.

- Since when are you afraid of the dark?

- I'm not.

So?

It's different here the dark.

What do you mean?

It eats my pencils.

Come on, I'll tell you what, how'bout

we make a deal? I'll lie down with you

- Until you fall asleep.

- Promise?

Of course.

Just give me a minute.

Okay.

- I can't find anything wrong.

- There's definitely something wrong.

Maybe you should check again.

I don't know what it could be.

Look, I'll check the sockets.

Where's my drawing pad?

I left it here last night.

- These are kind of wierd drawings.

- They're not wierd.

They're just drawings.

Yeah, but you keep on doing

the same thing.

They're not the same.

They're different.

They look the same to me.

That's because they're all children.

But they're different children.

Paul.

What's this?

Did you hurt yourself?

I don't know.

Has mom seen it?

Yeah. She says I probably did it

in my sleep.

When it was dark.

I'm going.

If you go outside,

don't go near the road. Okay?

Okay.

What are you doing here?

I need to use up the last few frames

on this roll and you will be my model.

I like you as a photographer, but I

think I like you better as a painter.

Oh, Dad, this is Carlos.

- Hi.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

Do you know anything

about electricity?

No.

Come on.

It doesn't look like mold,

it's more like... rust.

I don't understand.

They painted the whole house

before we moved in.

Trust me, baby,

this is going to look great.

It better.

And I'm gonna go get

some paint thinner, just in case.

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