“I like going [skiing] into the forest but every time I go in it smells like skunk.”
– ELLA, 8.5 (pre-marijuana conversation)

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me. …It’s the fucking Tylenol. …You have no choice. Kill me.”
– AUGUST, 6.5 (First time vomiting; spoken in a slow, quiet, matter-of-fact tone while leaning over the toilet.)