LICD: BEGINNINGS #624
TITLE BOX
In the title box, DAD is holding RAYNE’s report card.
DAD
Your teacher says you’re not focused in class.
NEXT PANEL, DAD looks at RAYNE, who is staring intently at a rock.
DAD
Yet you’ve been staring at that rock for an hour.
RAYNE
Learning to use the force is cooler than discovering the mysteries of fractions.
NEXT ROW
INSDE – KITCHEN. DAD sits with RAYNE.
DAD
Tell me how I can help you.
DAD
What do you need to help you pay attention in school?
RAYNE looks thoughtful.
RAYNE
Is ‘more interesting topics’ on the table?
DAD
It is not.
RAYNE has another idea.
RAYNE
More musical numbers?
DAD
Also no.
And another idea.
RAYNE
Fireworks at the top of every house?
DAD
Still no.
RAYNE is getting fed up, and DAD Shrugs.
RAYNE
So what are you really offering here?
DAD
You want, like, one of those smelly erasers?