Without looking over at her, he said, “You want to play the rest of this life?” Sadie shook her head. “No. You’re doing really well. I can wait until you’re dead.” The boy nodded. He continued to play, and Sadie continued to watch. “Before. I shouldn’t have said that,” Sadie apologized. “I mean, in case you are actually dying. This being a children’s hospital.” The boy, piloting Mario, climbed up a vine that led to a cloudy, coin-filled area. “This being the world, everyone’s dying,” he said. “True,” Sadie said. “But I’m not currently dying.” “That’s good.” “Are you dying?” the boy asked.
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