Thunder Branch

Chapter 23

Camilo: Next time I'm at the pet store, I'm gonna take a hamster and drop it in the scorpion cage. I wanna see what a hamster's face looks like when it goes, "oh, fuck."

//Across town

Dolores: Papí, we need to go home now.

Felix: But we just barely started shopping, mija!

Dolores: I know, Papí, but Camilo made a dumb joke and now Antonio's crying.

Dolores: And now Camilo's crying because he made Antonio cry.

Thunder rumbles in the distance

Dolores: And now Mamí's crying because both of them are crying and they're too upset to explain why.

Felix: ...

Felix: Mija, I love your Mamí and hermanos very much, but have I ever told you how much I value your emotional stability?

Dolores, who once had a breakdown and blackmailed half the town into playing the quiet game for a week: I am the calm one, aren't I? <3