Xavier’s Joke
Xavier’s got such a sharp, unique mind. I feel close to him, because I see a lot of what I was and still am in him, but at the same time he amazes and surprises me, every day, in an array of different ways.
Tonight, we were playing Knights of the Old Republic, and we were nearing the end of the game. Xavier and Colin were very excited, very attentive to what was going on. At one point, a bunch of Dark Jedis were attacking our three characters, and Xavier asked me to put a mine on the ground, to make a trap for them. So I did, and — as he had planned — one of our enemies stepped on it and it blew up and injured him and a few others close by. He was ecstatic; he understood precisely how the weapon works in the game, and how it would pan out. He then said:
- They walked right over the mine. Are they out of their minds? Mines, minds, in their heads, get it?
And we all laughed. And later, when I told Melissa about it, the five of us laughed even more.