Walking into any new space, Gil is always thinking, “how hot is it?”

Gil's college friend Eli comes to stay for a couple of days. In the laughter that ensues, the arc of their adult lives seems to stretch in a comically predictable and somewhat poignant line, punctuated each morning by a truly obnoxious alarm clock! 

Gil's long history of pushing through MS exacerbations, cheerfully making adaptations like using a cane, and working at the pace of a DC litigator came to an end when the one muscle he could not circumvent or supplement failed — his brain. 

9-year-old Gil has a realization.