"Oh, my dear Brad. The Marquis De Sade would be so<em>proud</em>of you!" he said with the typical amount of sarcasm he used when he was berating someone, even though his words were chosen as if to praise; it was anything but.<br/><br/>"As for why<strong>I</strong>am feeling so high and mighty, it's because I got accepted to Carnegie Mellon University's  theater department, with a half scholarship, and a good chance to earn the other half.  They liked my 3.8 GPA and the impromptu show I put on while touring. So, with scholarship, That's fourty 'kay a year. A hundred and sixty total, as I know you suck with math. Meanwhile, my smartphone, unlike yours, happens to be working quite nicely, so if you act up, I get video evidence of it easily. And then guess what? It's off to<em> La Policia</em>, and then you're off to jail, you lose your scholarship, and you lose any future you could possibly have. I have the high ground, boyo." These words were delivered in a much more sincere fashion.<br/><br/>"You're an adult now, you're gonna have to start thinking with your brain,<em>Bradley</em>." And still, the juggler juggles the four brightly colored balls, his stride never once breaking, even as he continued to harass Brad. "C'mon, Red, Dyllan--Raye, if you don't whip us with your words, you can come too--I want ice cream and I'm feeling generous." Already, the sense of wonder and adventure that had been aroused in him by the mysterious note was wearing thin; to be fair, brad's usual roid-raging also had a lot to do with it, because for all his talk, he'd rather their not be any beatings on this day.<br/><br/>"Also, I am seriously about to break a record here. Almost four minutes, and I had three doors to open with my feet, and a flight of stairs. Haven't dropped a ball yet." All of a sudden, subject change! And tonal change, too. Now he's back to being his usually bright and cheery self, practically radiating these warm, sweet vibes that endeared him to many; though the shock of his rapid changes might also throw some people off.