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S02E193 Joy’s Shadow, Age: 9, The Ice Mountains of Mars

Guy Hasson
Age: 9, Told by Grampa Walt

Joy is tired, but she refuses to go to sleep. Suzy and I join her and Master Mind as she takes the ship to the ice mountains of Mars and climbs them, then skids down on the ice, then does it all again and again and again.

She does this for hours. Even when she clearly can’t really walk anymore, she climbs up very very slowly and does it again.

“What is she doing?” Suzy whispers to me as we watch her put one foot in front of the other.

I shake my head. I have no idea.

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S02E192 Joy’s Shadow, Age: 8, Exactly, Not Precisely

Guy Hasson
Age: 8.5, Told by Grampa Walt

Suzy shakes her head. “She’s so cute. She’s so beautiful. But look at her, she only grows wilder with every year.”

I nod. “She can’t be tamed.”

Suzy throws me a look. “I don’t like that word. That's not a word you use on people.” Then she nods, “You’re right, though. She can’t.”

“I don’t think she should, Suzy,” I tell her. “She would never survive the Dream outside if she was tame.”

Suzy sighs.

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S02E191 Joy’s Shadow, Age: 7

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“I’ve calmed down a bit,” he tells her.

She sits there, arms crossed, not looking at him. “Great,” she says. “Me, too.”

“I hope you understand why you got the punishment you got.”

She shrugs. “I don’t care.”

“I understand that you’re angry with me.”

“I’m not angry.”

“Joy, your shadow is throwing things at me!”

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S02E190 Joy’s Shadow, Age: 6

Guy Hasson
Age: 6, Told by Grampa Walt

Charlie is still sick and we decided it’s best not to go into his dream while he is. Justin woke up an hour ago or so. And Joy, still wide awake, is spending time in our home.

Suzy and I are sitting on the porch, while Joy is standing on the stairs, trying to talk to her shadow.

“Jump!” she tells her shadow.

The shadow does not jump.

It is a strange shadow. I’ve never seen anything like it in the waking world. It seems to have a life of its own, and yet we’re not sure if it is just a shadow or something with a mind of its own.

The shadow doesn’t move. It stands there, like Joy.

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