We tell the children to leave their videogames, so they watch television instead. We tell them to play outside but there's nothing there. It's boring, the movements are less fluid. The sky is the wrong color blue. Trees are imperfectly formed.
Animals have a peculiar smell.
Not like us. The world wasn't coming to an end, but it ended. Some were buying extra food and fuel. We bought extra champagne. He's been soaking in Internet culture and community for the last decade.