"What did you do?" he snarls.

<I informed Michael that I do not lie and that he should refrain from giving you advice about older sisters in the future as his sample is biased and he does not know much about them.>

"Did you shake him?"

<Yes.>

He makes annoyed lizard noises. "But he's my friend!"

<Yes, and he was mistaken and made you think I lied to you.>

"He's going to think he'll get shaken all the time if we play!"

<If he does not set you and Maurice against me, he is not.>

"You take things too serious."

<You were upset with me for imagined slights.>

"But did you have to go shake Michael?"

<Yes.>

"I don't think people listen to shaking."

<Then they will be shaken more.>

"Then why do it?"

<So they will learn.>

"I think," comments Mary, "that your brother is implying shaking them will not make them learn."

<After enough shaking it will.>

"Possibly, possibly not."

Silence.

"Maybe we could try anger management classes?"

<I am not angry.>

"State-analogous-to-anger management?" suggests Mary.

<I am not in any state analogous to anger.>

"When you and Maurice start school, shaking won't be tolerated."