i changed it. hector wisely lets it go.
she does. she tells us what to eat. we let her.
 don't let the oil run out.  yes you did.  watch the oil.  why.  why? hector closes the bedroom door. he is one spooked, moved human being.
we don't go to funfairs.
i brought some books. i want to stay home and read. hector is determined to make it work.
it's going to rain.  we should stay.
donald has some shoes.
why not? hector declines to explain the complex reasons that he might have for not wanting to wear the shoes of his children's replacement father. he sits down on the * stairs to put them on. then something on the wall catches his eye.
that was the flood. the sea came right up. donald says it's the icecap melting. it's going to get worse. that's why mom's selling the place.
where have you been?
not really.
what for?
we didn't even know when you got out.
betsy thinks that was her at the gas station.
she's always thinking up stories like that.  she never stops.
so you haven't been staying away because of us?
well, it's been a while.  you're bigger.
things i like.
hey, so i did.  i'd forgotten about that.
no.  mercury doesn't rise 'til after midnight.  that's jupiter.  hector is impressed by his son.
no.
i'm not into star-gazing so much .  we're working on computer modelling.  we're trying to make a biosphere.
a self-sustaining life system.  for inter-stellar travel. but we always get a methane build up, it doesn't matter what we do.
yeah. we're making such a mess of the world, one day we're going to have to take off for somewhere else.
you don't get bubbles in skimmed milk.