“I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.”
“I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”
“I want to be the Everyman and take an IQ test and get a perfect 100.”
“My room is cleared. My head is cleared. Earlier, around dawn, I took out the last load of trash. I look around and see what's left. Nothing. There is no more Daelyn Rice. As I was. As I am. Or will become. I'm a blank slate”
“Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH.”
“I took an IQ test and the result came back negative.”