| Stephanie: | Riley, what's the word for an escalating...thing. Like a chain reaction? |
| Riley: | In what context? |
| Stephanie: | In a..(laughs for a while)...like when something makes a bunch of other things happen... (Riley remains silent) |
| Stephanie: | like when a fat girl...(laughs, Riley puts her book down) |
| Stephanie: | (more laughing) like when a fat girl SLAPS HER THIGHS TOGETHER AND THE JIGGLE GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO HER STOMACH |
| Riley: | (no laughing) I don't know. I'm reading Holocaust poetry. |
| Stephanie: | Chain reaction will do. |
| [a few minutes of silence later] | |
| Riley: | Do you mean like a domino effect? |
| Stephanie: | I mean when Snack Cakes gets excited. |
| (Riley starts crying) | |
| Riley: | Earthquakes. |
| (silence continues) |