The hospital wasn't too far from the police station, but the small trip that usually lasted a few minutes felt like a few hours to Richie. It was in a good, but tiring way, as Denzil restlessly assaulted the officer with questions about literally everything in the car.
"What does this do?" the child asked as he pointed at the radio screen.
"That's a radio. It plays music when you put it to the right channel. Like this," Richie explained as he turned the volume up a little and tuned in to a generic music channel. He noticed the child staring curiously at the radio as he tried to understand how the small thing could create sound.
But he was barely done explaining what the radio was, that the child had already started focusing on something else. "What about this?" Denzil asked as he pointed at the air conditioning vents.
Richie turned the volume of the radio down before moving on. "That's for air conditioning. It blows cold air when it's hot outside. Like this," he explained as he also turned on the AC slightly to show the child how it worked.
When cold air started to blow out of the vents, the child looked fascinated. "Oh! It's cold!" he squealed as he leaned forward and tried to literally stick his face against the vent closest to him. "I wish I had had this back at the farm, it was always hot and nasty," he commented as his voice rumbled from his face being so close to vent. The child noticed it also and blinked at the vent. "Hey, my voice is all weird."
"That's because you're close to the vent. Oh, look, there's the hospital!" Richie pointed out as he stopped at a red light, at a rather big intersection.
"What does this do?" the child asked as he pointed at the radio screen.
"That's a radio. It plays music when you put it to the right channel. Like this," Richie explained as he turned the volume up a little and tuned in to a generic music channel. He noticed the child staring curiously at the radio as he tried to understand how the small thing could create sound.
But he was barely done explaining what the radio was, that the child had already started focusing on something else. "What about this?" Denzil asked as he pointed at the air conditioning vents.
Richie turned the volume of the radio down before moving on. "That's for air conditioning. It blows cold air when it's hot outside. Like this," he explained as he also turned on the AC slightly to show the child how it worked.
When cold air started to blow out of the vents, the child looked fascinated. "Oh! It's cold!" he squealed as he leaned forward and tried to literally stick his face against the vent closest to him. "I wish I had had this back at the farm, it was always hot and nasty," he commented as his voice rumbled from his face being so close to vent. The child noticed it also and blinked at the vent. "Hey, my voice is all weird."
"That's because you're close to the vent. Oh, look, there's the hospital!" Richie pointed out as he stopped at a red light, at a rather big intersection.