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He didn't remember when he had first begun thinking about things his mother had told him were foolish ideas. His father merely ignored him.
No one normal talks about being in the universe inside a box and wondering about what happens when you get outside of the box,” his mother had said. Perhaps he hadn't explained it very well...Gerald had always loved boxes. A box could be a shelter, a car, a shuttle. A box could be a puppy. Gerald wanted something that the box could not be or that could neither be in the box nor outside it. Gerald rubbed his cheek where Dylan Fremont had hit him - he had told his mother that he had tripped on the playground. She knew nothing of the gang of bullies at his school. What she did know, however, was that Oprah had been encouraging parents to be much more caring when it came to scrapes, bruises and bumps. She bolted into the bathroom and returned to spray a good amount of antiseptic on her son's cheek.
"See what those boxes can do to you?" she sighed. "Band-Aid?"
No one normal talks about being in the universe inside a box and wondering about what happens when you get outside of the box,” his mother had said. Perhaps he hadn't explained it very well...Gerald had always loved boxes. A box could be a shelter, a car, a shuttle. A box could be a puppy. Gerald wanted something that the box could not be or that could neither be in the box nor outside it. Gerald rubbed his cheek where Dylan Fremont had hit him - he had told his mother that he had tripped on the playground. She knew nothing of the gang of bullies at his school. What she did know, however, was that Oprah had been encouraging parents to be much more caring when it came to scrapes, bruises and bumps. She bolted into the bathroom and returned to spray a good amount of antiseptic on her son's cheek.
"See what those boxes can do to you?" she sighed. "Band-Aid?"
