Owen ordered the meatloaf special and Eli ordered a cheeseburger, and they split a plate of fries down the middle without being asked.

“Read the back of yours,” Eli said.

“It’s the same as yours.”

“It’s not.

Yours has the bracket number in the corner.”

Owen turned it over and read the number twice, then set it down and dipped a fry in Eli’s milkshake.

“That’s a crime,” Owen said.

“It’s a fry.”