We Are the Ants

Zooey and Charlie’s baby died in utero due to chromosomal defects; Zooey gave birth to a stillborn baby. Charlie wakes Henry from a nightmare because he is drunk and unable to get into the house. Henry helps Charlie into the shower and then into his bed, but Charlie starts lashing out at the crib. When Henry tries to stop him, Charlie straddles and tries to punch him.

Henry begs the sluggers to abduct him again so he can press the button. He’s realized that he wants the world to continue so that Zooey and Charlie can try again for a baby and all the people in Henry’s life can continue pursuing their dreams.

Henry asks his mother if his dad left because of him. Shocked, Henry’s mother assures him that her husband left because he wasn’t cut out for marriage, and he hated the person he was becoming.

Audrey and Henry go to their school’s winter carnival. He checks out the display of student art, hoping to see Diego’s work. He sees that Diego’s painting is a portrait of Henry and the people who love him. Diego’s painting includes an alien pressing

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