“Becca, go upstairs and lie down, I’ll be there soon,” Aleks said as if he were talking to a ledge jumper. “No way! I have to defeat the Red ones. Die! Red! Die!” There was a pause. “But, if you’re coming home, can you stop and get me some cookies? Love you, bye bye!” she said sweetly, which added a whole dimension of scary to her color induced death rant. Then the line went dead.
