Accidental video | un:Thestrandinstitute

[nobasisinfact]

[The first visual are stacks and stacks of books, then tiny hands grabbing one before there is a pause and another hand reaches for a cup of tea.]

This whole thing is idiotic.

[The boy's voice is deeper, but it isn't the usual smooth voice of Dr. Richard Strand. The intonation and cadence, however, is. Richard has been unmistakably affected by the curse.

There's a sigh as one hand reaches up to, presumably, pinch the bridge of his nose as if he's getting a headache.]

She'll be insufferable if she sees me like this.

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[gristle]

Don't be a stick in the mud, Richard.

[nobasisinfact]

I may be the size of a child, but I'm still an adult.

[gristle]

You know you want to do it though.

[nobasisinfact]

What are you playing?

[gristle]

Tag.

[nobasisinfact]

I'll watch.

[gristle]

What do you wanna play?

[nobasisinfact]

I don't have a preference.

[gristle]

Come on Richard there’s gotta be something.

[nobasisinfact]

I suppose I'd wide bikes.

[gristle]

I have a bike. Dodger is building me a motorcycle too.

Well, teaching me how to build it.

[nobasisinfact]

You're too young for a motorcycle.

[gristle]

I am not. It’s not like there’s traffic here, Richard.

[nobasisinfact]

You could fall off and damage your brain.

[gristle]

I’d wear a helmet. I’m not an idiot. Besides the sphere can fix my brain.

[nobasisinfact]

Only for so long.

[gristle]

Wasn't riding bikes your idea, Richard? Did you wear a helmet in the ancient times when you were this little?

[nobasisinfact]

That's beside the point.

[gristle]

Why?

[nobasisinfact]

The understanding of the correlation between bicycle accidents and head trauma wasn't as good when I was a kid.

[gristle]

Did you damage your brain?

[nobasisinfact]

I didn't fall off my bike.

[gristle]

Oh really? Like ever?!

[Yep, calling bullshit on that, Richard.]