Kody comes barging into the garage with an obvious urgency. “What’s the matter?” I ask.
“Mom! Niky taught me a very valuable lesson. He taught me that if nobody’s there to hear it it didn’t happen!"
(Me, laughing now) "Wow. It took me a lot of years and a degree in philosophy to learn that lesson. How did Niky just do it?“
“We were playing and I made a character do something? Only nobody else was there so they didn’t believe it happened.“
“And what do you believe the implications of that thought are Takoda?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, what are the positives and negatives? How does it make you feel?”
“It makes me feel crazy... We don’t always know if other people are telling the truth even."
“Welcome to this universe.” We both pause a moment. “If ya think about it, all it does is prove how much we need each other. You learn how to be trustworthy and trust other people, and in the end we're all in this together.” He goes to leave. (I don’t think happily). “Kody, feel free you come to me anytime with these philosophical crises. I live here.”
“Ok. Thanks Mom.”
