"Uh-huh," Amos returns, with doubt, as he watches Dean select a slightly more impressive firework out of the box. He's still grinning, though, because it's all in good fun, and he lights a second sparkler from the sputtering remains of the first. Happily, he traces patterns in the dark, blinking at the vivid lines left lingering in his vision.

He's no fire-bug, like some of his friends, but fireworks are fun and Amos enjoys life to the fullest.