eek well;〃 Dr。 Edmonds said amiably。 〃I've been up it a few
times myself; sans paddle。 An EEG can tell us lots of things; Danny。〃
〃Like what?〃
〃Like for instance if you have epilepsy。 That's a little problem where — 〃
〃Yeah; I know what epilespy is。〃
〃Really?〃
〃Sure。 There was a kid in my nursery school back in Vermont — I went to nursery
school when I was a little kid — and he had it。 He wasn't supposed to use the
flashboard。〃
〃What was that; Dan?〃 He had turned on the machine。 Thin lines began to trace
their way across graph paper。
〃It had all these lights; all different colors。 And when you turned it on;
some colors would flash but not all。 And you had to count the colors and if you
pushed the right button; you could turn it off。 Brent couldn't use that。〃
〃That's because bright flashing lights sometimes cause an epileptic seizure。〃
〃You mean using the flashboard might've made Brent pitch a fit?〃
Edmonds and the nurse exchanged a brief; amused glance。 〃Inelegantly but
accurately put; Danny。〃
〃What?〃
〃I said you're right; except you should say ‘seizure' instead of ‘pitch a
fit。