TITLE BOX
In the title box, RAYNE walks into the living room, declaring defiantly.
RAYNE
I captured a spider.
DAD
And?
NEXT PANEL, RAYNE walks out, DAD calls after him.
RAYNE
Where do we keep our batteries?
DAD
Batteries aren’t radioactive!
NEXT ROW
LIVING ROOM. MOM and DAD are sitting in the living room.
MOM
You should go down and check on him.
DAD
He’s fine.
DAD chuckles, as RAYNE walks in.
DAD
There’s no way he can figure out how to open a battery.
RAYNE
Hey.
RAYNE is covered in a light brown substance, all over his body, but he doesn’t look concerned. DAD starts to panic. MOM walks over to RAYNE.
DAD
Oh my god.
DAD
I’m calling 911.
MOM licks her finger, RAYNE shrugs.
MOM
It’s pudding.
RAYNE
I got hungry trying to open the battery.
RAYNE looks at DAD, amusingly.
RAYNE
But I’m a little concerned what you think batteries are made of.
DAD
…energy?