bullies

Nino apologizes profusely to the dazed Gianni — who was fleeing bullies — and leaves him, in lieu of contact information, with a crumpled sketch of fireworks.

"They're a very pacifist society. They don't fight, they don't argue, so I wasn't really prepared for these big bullies in school. But I just got through it."

"But Callum said 'dad, I'm not frightened of bullies and what's going on in Ukraine is awful and someone needs to stand up for these people'."

"We've both been brought up maybe under the delusion that we can make a difference, and we really don't like bullies."

Episodic events involve bullies, basketball, bankruptcy, a bad grade, a Halloween party, a hunting trip.