All in Age: 7

S02E123 There Will Be Blood, Part 7, Master Mind’s Explanation

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Little Pirate,” he says. “I apologize from the depths of my paper heart.”

“Master Mind,” Joy reaches out to touch his hand. “What happened? I was so worried!”

Justin comes out of the house to stand near Joy. He wants to know what happened, too. It’s Joys safety, after all.

“Logic dictates that you should not be concerned for me, rather that you should be furious. I am furious and I do not know what to do.”

“Master Mind, what happened to you?” Joy squeezes his metal hand. “You’ve seen blood before. You killed many people without a problem.”

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S02E122 There Will Be Blood, Part 6, Haggling, the Fearful Robot, and the Magic Carpet

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Three weeks with no adventures! Just kill me now!” she exclaims. Madelyn and Charlie are shocked and they both gasp.

Justin is the only one who isn’t fazed by the things she says. “Two weeks,” he says.

“Two days,” she says. “I’ll be walking and jumping in two days!”

“Don’t you dare try to do that! The wound will open up and it’s not even closed yet!”

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S02E121 There Will Be Blood, Part 5, Yuppers

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“And she almost died!”

“Yuppers,” I say.

He finally looks at me. “Yuppers?”

“Yuppers.”

“That’s not a word.”

“It’s a word if I say it’s a word. Now it’s a word.”

He looks forward, now slightly calmer. “I’m going to start thinking you have a sense of humor, Dad.”

“Perish the thought!”

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S02E120 There Will Be Blood, Part 4, Healing Power

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Charlie lands on the deck of Bonny’s Revenge, dropping Master Mind behind him, and runs to Joy. The rope that ties him to the big robot stops him in the middle. Without thinking, he whirls around, cuts it with a knife that just appears in his hand, and keeps running. The knife disappears.

“Joy! Joy! Are you alive?”

“Charlie, I’m okay. I’m okay.” But her face is paler than usual and sweaty.

“When I saw you get shot…” he looks her over and starts to cry.

She grabs his hand. “Charlie. Charlie. I’m okay.” Her voice is weak and she’s in pain, yet she’s trying to make him feel better. What is this girl made of?

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S02E119 There Will Be Blood, Part 3, Medical Assistance

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

I am here with my granddaughter. I’ve stopped the bleeding. Artemis’ arrow is in her leg.

I’ve created a tourniquet but she’s lost so much blood! She needs help and I’m the only one here!

I hear a familiar sound above me.

Madelyn’s super wheelchair comes flying from the tunnel, and she heads right towards us.

“Mon dieu, Zhoy!” she leaps off the wheelchair and lands next to her. And suddenly she has legs! “Mon dieu, mon dieu, mon dieu,” she can’t stop saying it. “This is all my fault! How are you feeling, Zhoy?”

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S02E118 There Will Be Blood, Part 2, Back on the Ship

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Hold on, Joy!” I run to the wheel. “I’m coming for you!”

She’d taught me to drive the damn thing, but I never had a lot of practice. My hands are shaking. My granddaughter can lose her life!

In spite of the trembling and the fear I feel inside, I am able to bring the warship right under Joy.

I go to her and reach out with my hands. “Here you go, here you go,” I grab her and lower her to the deck. “Oh my god!”

Her leg is full of blood. My hands are full of blood. How much has she lost?

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S02E117 There Will Be Blood, Part 1, Artemis’ Arrows

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

I am watching the adventure from afar. Artemis, the Greek goddess and huntress, has rebelled against Olympus and taken Zeus’ lightning bolt. This takes place in what Justin calls a “neutral arena”, which means that he created a Planet Olympus, which is far in outer space and not anywhere near our home. Joy, however, halfway through the adventure, had made the place glow, and so the planet will remain forever in Justin’s dream.

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S02E116 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 15, Charlie’s Story

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Charlie looks at us as he opens the door to Joy’s cabin.

“We’ll be with you,” Suzy says. “Come on.”

He goes in and Suzy and I follow. Master Mind remains on the deck.

Joy is asleep in her cot.

Charlie touches her shoulder, and she opens her eyes wide and the knife under her pillow is in her hands, aimed at Charlie.

Suzy gasps. “I forgot that was there,” she whispers.

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S02E115 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 14, Charlie’s Return

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

We wait for Charlie for a long time and he doesn’t come back.

Joy sulks more and more. Justin thinks there’s no more reason to stay on Toronto planet and flies us home. As we leave the planet, I notice that it stays behind. Joy can visit it anytime. Maybe we’ll take a trip with her.

Justin docks Bonny’s Revenge near our island, next to our home.

He suggests we go down, but Joy won’t move from the deck. Charlie could come at any time.

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S02E113 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 12, Suzy and Walt

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Suzy and I head off the old-fashioned way through the streets of Toronto back to Justin’s apartment. It’s not far. We made it here on foot, we’ll make it back.

The sky hasn’t turned stormy in a few minutes, and I hope the issue with Charlie is resolved.

In the meantime, I’m enjoying a walk through the streets of my city with my wife.

“I’ve missed Toronto,” Suzy tells me as we walk.

“Yeah?”

“Just walking through the streets. I’ve been here and there, we’ve eaten here. So many memories. We’ve been in Justin’s dream for, what, a year and a half?”

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S02E112 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 11, Grandma Suzy’s Adventure

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

We look up. “Something’s happening,” Suzy says. “You should go. I’ll walk.”

“Nope. I’m with you. We’re together.”

Suddenly the sky is clear of clouds and the storm is gone. Something is definitely happening.

“Come on, Suzy, click it and try. This is an adventure!”

Her eyes don’t light up like mine or like Justin’s or like Joy’s at the sound of harmless ‘adventure’.

She touches the button reluctantly and jets into the sky at breakneck speed. “Aaaaaaah!”

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S02E110 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 9, The Other Toronto

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Getting closer to the land mass in this ‘Toronto Planet’, we see that the mass only includes one city: Toronto. It looks now just as it looks in the waking world from the air.

“Wow, is that where you live?” Joy leans over the railing. “It’s like a city we have adventures in!”

“Is it?” Justin looks at it sideways.

“What’s that?” she points to the highest tower.

“That’s that CN Tower,” Justin answers. “It’s been there since forever.”

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S02E108 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 7, Eating Your Feelings

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by The Red Dragon

It’s a slow morning. Joy calms down. We all walk somberly to the deck.

Justin suggests that maybe instead of a healthy breakfast, she’ll eat pizza just this once.

Suzy makes a face. “He can’t teach her to eat her emotions,” she whispers to me, but keeps mum. She’s no doubt going to talk to him about it later.

Joy’s mood is dark and gloomy as she eats in silence.

“You know it means nothing’s changed, right?” Justin tells her as she eats her second slice.

Joy looks down. “You still can’t remember me.”

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S02E107 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 6, Charlie’s Phone Call

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

I go into Joy’s cabin right after Justin and Suzy.

Joy is asleep in her cot and Justin sits on the floor and softly wakes her up by caressing her cheek.

“Joy. Joy, sweetie, wake up.”

Joy opens her eyes, and immediately sits up straight. “Dad! Dad, what happened?”

“Shh, it’s okay. Come here,” he leans against the cot and invites her to sit on one of his legs.

Joy sits down. She no doubt senses that he’s somber and not excited.

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S02E106 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 5, The Dream without Joy

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Suzy and I stare at the ocean for a while. We hold hands. Apparently I’m nervous. Apparently she’s nervous.

“Have you considered,” Master Mind breaks the silence. “The possibilities of what may occur?”

I lean sideways, looking at him, glad for the distraction. “What do you mean, Master Mind?”

“You two and the Pirate seem to believe the Little Pirate comes from the waking world, from your ‘Earth’.”

Suzy nods. “Where else would she come from? She’s human.”

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S02E105 The Missing Red Dragon, Part 3: The Edge of the World

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Joy leads us from planet to planet, from a fairy world to the dragon world, from a robot world to abandoned mine worlds. And they are all empty of dragons and empty of the dust that would mean that the Red Dragon is dead.

Joy doesn’t stop.

“She’s not just obsessed with finding the Red Dragon,” Suzy whispers in my ear. “She has to keep herself busy from thinking about what happens when Justin and Charlie return.”

As soon as she says it, it becomes obvious to me. Joy’s entire future hangs in the balance as Charlie will try to call Justin in the waking world, the ‘real’ world, and get him to remember the daughter he has in the dream.

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S02E104 The Missing Red Dragon, Part 2: Hope

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

“Oh, my my my,” Suzy rocks Joy as Joy cries into her grandmother’s hug. “Joy, how long have you thought the Red Dragon is dead?”

Joy cries. “On my birthday,” she says.

Ah, when we couldn’t summon the Red Dragon, and when she talked about how ‘Red’ was one of the things that made her sixth birthday fun.

“She has to be dead!”

“Well, you know,” Suzy says. “She could be dead, that’s true. But can I tell you something?”

Joy nods, her head buried in Suzy’s chest.

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