“Before. I shouldn’t have said that,” Sadie apologized. “I mean, in case you are actually dying. This being a children’s hospital.” The boy, piloting Mario, climbed up a vine that led to a cloudy, coin-filled area. “This being the world, everyone’s dying,” he said. “True,” Sadie said. “But I’m not currently dying.” “That’s good.” “Are you dying?” the boy asked. “No,” Sadie said. “Not currently.”
