Many of the houses in Paul’s neighborhood were being treated for termites. Wayne, the man who was spraying for mosquitoes, explained to Paul why those houses had termites. What reason did he give?

Wayne sees all the houses covered in termite tents. He says that they must be the houses that were built on top of old tangerines that were uprooted for the housing development to be build. Wayne is the one spraying the pesticide. He drops Paul off and starts spraying. Paul sees Erik and has a flashback from his childhood: he remembers his parents testing his peripheral vision by getting Erik to walk on his left and right sides. Then he remembers Erik coming up from behind him and breathing down his neck. Paul screamed and started crying. His parents didn’t comfort him, but they got mad at Erik. That was when Paul got his thick glasses.

oof