Lida immediately rushed up to me full of apology and explanation, and I said, “No, no, it’s really fine,” waving her off,
and I said to Isaac, “Care to accompany me upstairs?” He took my arm, and I walked with him to the elevator,
grateful to have an excuse to avoid the stairs.
I’d almost made it all the way to the elevator when I saw his mom standing in a corner of the Literal Heart.
“I’m here,” she said to Isaac, and he switched from my arm to hers before asking, “You want to come over?”
“Sure,” I said. I felt bad for him. Even though I hated the sympathy people felt toward me,
I couldn’t help but feel it toward him. Isaac lived in a small ranch house in Meridian Hills next to this fancy private school.
We sat down in the living room while his mom went off to the kitchen to make dinner, and then he asked if I wanted to play a game.
“Sure,” I said. So he asked for the remote. I gave it to him, and he turned on the TV and then a computer attached to it.
The TV screen stayed black, but after a few seconds a deep voice spoke from it. “Deception,” the voice said.
“One player or two?” “Two,” Isaac said. “Pause.” He turned to me.
“I play this game with Gus all the time, but it’s infuriating because he is a completely suicidal video-game player.
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