"Aren't we a little old to be
playing in the ball pit?"
"The fact that you phrased that as
a question means you do not know the answer. And if you
don't know the answer, then to me that means the answer is no."
"Jackson Craine, I am serious."
"You're always serious,
Steve. That's the problem. You need to learn to
be less serious sometimes."
"Jackson, people are going to
stare at us."
"I should hope so, it would be a
shame for them to miss out on our combined attractiveness."
"Jack..."
"Steve, listen. If
people stare at us, that is their business. And that's
something that they are going to do no matter what. This
is a ball pit. This is a safe space. This is
harmless, innocent fun."
"I don't understand."
"Look, I can't even hold your hand
in public if you're afraid of people looking at us funny. Because
unfortunately, that's the way it's going to be. So you
have to get used to people looking at us. And I can't
think of a better way than this."
"So this is what, immersion
therapy?"
"Think of it like a vaccine. A
vaccine exposes you to the problem - such as people staring - in a
harmless form - such as having a blast while playing in the greatest
invention of humankind, the plastic ball pit – and builds up your
defenses so that the time the real issues begin, you'll be ready for
it."
"I don't know about this,
Jackson..."
"Of course you don't, you're
always worried about what people will think so you never let yourself
play in a ball pit."
"I thought this wasn't about the
ball pit."
"Are you kidding me? Everything is
about the ball pit!"
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