It was a dumb idea, but one of those dumb ideas that accidentally turns out to be brilliantтАУwhich, IтАЩve come to realize, is much worse than being dumb. My nameтАЩs Antsy BonanoтАУbut you probably already know thatтАУand unless you got, like, memory issues, youтАЩll remember the kid named the Schwa, who I told you about last time. Well, now thereтАЩs this other kid, and his story is a whole lot stranger. It all started when Gunnar ├Ьmlaut and I were watching three airborne bozos struggle with a runaway parade balloon. ThatтАЩs when Gunnar tells me heтАЩs only got six months to live. Maybe it was because he said he was living on borrowed time, or maybe it was just because I wanted to do something meaningful for him, but I gave him a month of my life . . .
. . . And thatтАЩs when things began to get seriously weird.