bad could really happen? The conversation with his mother, on the other hand, really bothered him. He walked up to his mother when she was cooking, stirring the boiling stew with an absent mind.


    real danger,” he continued, “He is either out, doing some research, or he made a run for it, drinking his head to a pulp in a pub somewhere.”


    bad might have happened? Like… something really bad? What do I… what do we do if your dad had an accident? What if he passed out somewhere, or got robbed, or…”


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    this bad, standing in silence, contemplating what to say next. Something to comfort her and himself. Should he even bring up the Amazon thing, now that it’s like this? No, he knew he had to. It was a done thing, he couldn’t back out anymore.


    really bad already? And how many times did we make it out alive? All of them. This is no exception. Things may look bleak right now, but it is a long way from where we are to being homeless. If push comes to shove, somewhere on that timeline at least one of us will wake up and take initiative, if not you, then me.”


    you going to provide for us? The indebted student?”


    now, but if the roof is on fire, then I wouldn’t hesit—”


    crazy happened. I talked to the Prof, you know… Mr. S.?”


    adults,” Shawn drew quotation marks in the air with both his hands, “go and do something stupid? I finally got a chance to do something I always dreamed of, and then, I am supposed to sit here and do what exactly?”