“Hey,canIaskyousomething?Whydohumanchildrendissectus?”

“It’spartoftheireducation.Theycutopenourbodiesinschoolandwritereportsabouttheirfindings.”

“Huh.Well,Iguessitcouldbeworse,right?Imean,atleastwe’renotdyinginvain.”

“Howdoyoufigure?”

“Well,ourdeathsarefurtheringthespreadofknowledge.It’sahugesacrificewe’remaking,butatleastsomegoodcomesoutofit.”

“Letmeshowyousomething.”

“What’sthis?”

“It’safrog-dissectionreport.”

“Whowroteit?”

“Afourteen-year-oldhumanfromNewYorkCity.SomekidnamedSimon.”

(Flippingthroughit.)“Thisisit?Thisisthewholething?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Geez.Itdoesn’tlooklikeheputalotoftimeintothis.”

“Lookatthediagramonthelastpage.”

“Oh,myGod...it’ssocrude.It’salmostasifhewasn’tevenlookingdownatthepaperwhilehewasdrawingit.LikehewaswatchingTVorsomething.”

“Readtheconclusion.”

“‘Inconclusion,frogsareascientificwonderofbiology.’Whatdoesthatevenmean?”

“Itdoesn’tmeananything.”

“Whyarethemarginssobig?”

“Hewastryingtomakeitlookasifhehadwrittenfivepages,eventhoughhehadonlywrittenfour.”

“Hecouldn’tcomeupwithonemorepageofobservationsaboutourdeadbodies?”

“Iguessnot.”

“Thisparagraphlookslikeitwascopiedstraightoutofanencyclopedia.I’dbeshockedifheretainedanyofthisinformation.”

“Didyouseethathespelled‘science’wrongintheheading?”

“Whoa...Imissedthat.That’sincredible.”

“Hedidn’tevenbothertorunitthroughspell-check.”

“Whodidhedissect?”

“Harold.”

“Betsy’shusband?Jesus.SothisiswhyHaroldwaskilled.Toproducethis...‘report.’”

(Nods.)“Thisiswhyhislifewastakenfromhim.”

(Longpause.)

“Well,atleastithasacoversheet.”

“Yeah.Theplastic’sanicetouch.”