"Kid, adults're gonna be doin' that a lot t'you, so be ready." That was all the advice he could really give a kid as young as Gene. He still had the blissful days of elementary school ahead of him and it wouldn't be until junior high that he'd have to start pushing the books and doing all the stuff that Beat hated so much about school. Until then, it was peaches and pears or whatever the saying was.

"We can't do it inside - so get yo' stuff and meet me out there." He jerked his thumb back out at the plaza.