❰ fred grins, encouraged, and swings the backpack around to pull out a couple of options: chocolate or tart fruity candies, both handmade. these are offered out to him, and once he picks one, she'll put the other away and take a preparatory breath to launch in on her joke. ❱

A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest says, "We don't allow Higgs bosons in here," and the Higgs boson says, "But without me, how can you have mass?"

❰ oh fred, honey, no. ❱