Conversations with Eddie

Eddie has started asking incessant "Why"s in earnest.
After running one topic into the ground with "Why", he said (apropos of nothing):
"Bugs!"
"Bugs?" I asked, not sure I'd heard correctly.
"Yeah," he said. "They bugs." (Beat.) "Why?"


(Papa is reading a poem about someone who knows what you need to take 9 from to make 11)
Papa: "Do you know what you need to take 9 from to make 11?"
Eddie: "I like you."
Papa: "Do you need to take 9 from a dragon to make 11?"
Eddie: "Boo!"