No S**t!

They watch the show on TV in silent camaraderie. Their age, separated by almost 3 decades, hasn’t had any significant impact on their friendship. He enjoys sitting with her - cushions thrown across their outstretched legs, the way they both like it, providing some warmth on a slightly chilly day - and watching the latest Japanese superhero show. It’s his favourite, and he watches intently in awed wonder, while she finds it strange and funny, and laughs in all the wrong places. But she’ll watch it anyway, for the simple reason that he enjoys it. 

All’s good, until they can both sense some inappropriate-for-the-young-and-innocent words coming on, in those dubbed dialogues. Now is when they feel the age divide. The younger one tenses, while the older one wonders if she should turn the show off for a few moments. No one moves. 

And just when those words are about to be spoken, all the action suddenly seems to take place outside of the idiot box. The little boy, taking full responsibility for his TV show, deftly turns towards his mum and covers her ears with his tiny hands.

Yes, innocence must be protected at all costs.