Run & Jump Page #4

I need to talk to you.

Ted...

I saw the birthday

card in your room...

"For a special boy."

So, you...

Yes, I did.

A colleague of mine arranged it.

It's completely inappropriate.

And this was his idea

of a joke -- a terrible joke.

So you think it's a joke...

Having drugs sent to this house?

Not me!

A friend --

not even a real friend.

It was more of a-a colleague.

So you had drugs sent to a house

with two kids in it?

I know.

You had marijuana sent to a house

where you should be working

in a professional capacity.

I will completely understand

if you feel that --

Ted, you get it out now.

And start rolling.

Hap-hap-hap,

Happy birthday!

Come on, now!

Happy Birthday!

Hap-hap-hap,

Happy birthday!

You didn't have to do this.

Happy, happy,

Happy birthday!

Do you want to dance all night?

Go on. Blow out the candle.

You know the drill.

Do you want to dance all night?

Now go on.

Go and get your gear.

- It -- it really was from a friend,

by the way. - Okay.

I don't think you are.

Are you?

No, nothing came out.

Oh, there you go.

Definitely some got in there.

You know.

Conor used to be a night owl,

if you can believe that.

He stayed up late last night,

actually.

He was watching some...

Animal show on the TV.

He's obsessed.

What?

I thought you didn't want

to know things.

It's been a month.

Guess I should

start knowing things.

Animals demand less of him.

He can relate to their --

their simpler emotions.

No mixed feelings,

so no psycho-drama.

There's nothing but drama

from where I'm standing.

"Sundowning" means he gets more

confused in the evenings, right?

I like that one.

"Sundowning."

Hey, no yawning.

It wasn't -- not a full yawn.

You're trying to swallow it back.

Okay, I yawned a little teeny bit.

I know.

Peddling.

Peddling?

Yeah. Cycling.

I think it's gonna rain.

Aye, it's much more fun

in the rain.

- Go on.

- No. No, thank you.

Don't do that.

Slow down!

Slow down!

You're going too fast!

- I haven't ridden a bike in a while.

- Come on.

And it's very wet. I don't think

I've ever ridden one in the rain.

- All right, how about --

- Mmm!

This is so good.

How about, uh...

"Conor Casey's stroke of bad luck:

Or a tale of two Conors"?

You know, something catchy.

I want our chapter to stand out.

Well, unfortunately,

it'll probably be something

a little dryer.

Such as?

"The impact of extensive

medial frontal-lobe damage

on theory of the mind."

What's theory of the mind?

- You're right. It's boring.

- No.

- No.

- I really do want to know.

It's our capacity to understand

our own and others' mental states,

our ability to guess what someone

else is feeling or thinking.

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