LICD: BEGINNINGS #717 TITLE BOX In the title box, RAYNE is watching TV while DAD is reading the paper. DAD School starts in a month. NEXT PANEL, RAYNE’s mind breaks and he twitches. NEXT ROW Still in the TV room, RAYNE looks wistful. RAYNE I wish I was alive back in the early 1900s. DAD Why? RAYNE explains. RAYNE So I didn’t have to go to school. DAD Counters. DAD You would have had to get get a job instead. RAYNE So I’d spend my days selling papers and participating in large musical numbers? DAD goes for the obvious, RAYNE smirks. DAD What about life expectancy? You don’t want to live past 40? RAYNE Because you make it seem so awesome?