Living in The Water

"If everybody knows that is Slenderman, then 

I think that's sufficient to define it 

as A Replicator. 

Genetic viruses spread from 

body to body. And so... 

A MeMe that has great spreadability 

deserves to be called 

A Virus of The Mind."

-- Richard Dawkins

[first lines] 

Elliot, Age 9: 

You've heard about sex...

Beverly, Age 9: 

Sure I have.

Elliot, Age 9: 

Well I've discovered 

why sex is.

Beverly, Age 9: 

You have? 

Fantastic.

Elliot, Age 9: 

It's because humans don't 

live underwater.

Beverly, Age 9: 

I don't get it.

Elliot, Age 9: 

Well, fish don't need sex because 

they just lay the eggs and fertilise 

them in the water. 

Humans can't do that

because they don't Live 

in The Water. 

They have to - internalise the water. 

Therefore we have sex.

Beverly, Age 9: 

So you mean humans wouldn’t 

have sex if they lived 

in the water?

Elliot, Age 9: 

Well they'd have a kind of sex. 

The kind where you wouldn't 

have to touch each other.

Beverly, Age 9: 

I like that idea. Have you heard 

of SCUBA diving? It's just new.

Elliot, Age 9: 

Self Contained Underwater 

Breathing Apparatus.

Beverly, Age 9: 

Exactly.

Elliot, Age 9: [noticing girl on porch] 

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Beverly, Age 9: 

Yeah, you ask her.

Elliot, Age 9: 

Raffaella, will you have sex with us 

in our bathtub? It's An Experiment.

Raffaella: 

Are you kidding? 

Fuck off you freaks.

I'm telling My Father you talk dirty. 

Besides, I know for a fact 

you don't even know 

what ‘fuck’ is.

[retreats into her house] 

Elliot, Age 9: [walking away] 

They're so different from Us.

And all because we don't 

live underwater.