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Katie: That's cap?
Shadow: Mhm.
Katie: That means that's cool, right?
[My slang was wrong. Luckily, Shadow corrected me.]
Shadow: There's no way.
Katie: There's no way?
Shadow: It's impossible.
[He said this with conviction, almost scoffing at such an unfathomable possibility.]
Katie: It's impossible?
Shadow: It's zero point zero zero zero zero chance.
[He emphasized each zero, adding more and more conviction to his strongly held
idea that an ADHD was unbeatable.]
Katie: Well, what if I told you they did it?
[I said this with a hint of challenge, wondering what Shadow would think about
the possibility that another boy, somewhere, had once outsmarted an ADHD.]
Shadow: No that's- that's- no way.
I had noticed this theme of near defeat in Shadow9s perspective several times. It
seemed he believed this Mega Ultra Crazy ADHD to be all-powerful and
insurmountable. I was sure that he had good reasons for believing that this was
true, and I was curious to find out what those reasons were.
Katie: So can I ask you about this Mega Ultra- What was it- Mega Ultra Crazy
ADHD?
The Boy Who Acted Out of Heart
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May2025 Release, p. 29-62.
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