“Anything good?” My brother finally glances up, and my heart skips at the trace of animation on his face. He’s changed so much, so quickly, that it’s like an unexpected gift to catch a glimpse of his old self—the sweet, earnest boy who could talk for hours about rewiring a toaster. Then he says, “This guy posted a video about how his girlfriend died in this freak fishing accident. He said she got dragged underwater by a giant carp and drowned, but it turns out she’s not actually dead. He made the whole thing up. She didn’t even know till she saw the video.”
