It takes some doing, but Sam manages to tamp down the 'aw,' that almost escapes at the sight of Will swimming in her hoodie. He's a cute kid---and cuter still for that energetic, totally unaffected reaction. Committed, now, to being a brat right back at Breakdown, she leans over, as if conspiring, to tell the boy, “Nine that I know of, though he won't tell me the total number. Why that is, I don't know... but I guess there's no help for it now.” She'd punctuate this statement by blowing a very brief raspberry, again looking to the rearview mirror.

“How about you ask yourself 'what could I not do, if I were a little meat person?' and start from there?”