Before we left, he asked Ethan whether there was anything he wanted the adults to understand.
Ethan thought carefully.
“I don’t like when they laugh at my words.”
The principal nodded.
“That’s important.”
“And I want to sit with Oliver.”
“We can arrange that.”
Ethan smiled.
Then he looked at me.
“Can I still be a scientist?”
“Of course.”
“Even if I talk differently?”
Michael knelt beside him.
“Talking differently doesn’t make your ideas less important.”
