“I’m not sure what a video game is . . . but I’m pretty sure you can’t play them here.” One of the other boys, who, judging by his clothes, was from what Blondie called “the other side of the Border” and Elliot called “the real world where stuff made sense and phones did not explode,” burst into tears. Blondie’s head whipped around. “Oh no,” Elliot exclaimed sadly. “Look what you did.” “I didn’t—!” “He seems awfully upset,” Elliot continued. “You must feel really bad.” Blondie did not look as if he felt bad at all. He looked, in fact, as if he was going to punch Elliot in the face. He took a
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