In the CNS Leon is waiting for him patiently, holding in his ursine arms a cardboard box labeled BRAINS. Kierk apologizes for being late as they make their way to the conference room that the original meet-and-greet for the Crick Scholars had been held in, a room that Kierk has searched for a few times during his walks and never found. Carmen and Karen are manning the next table over. Max comes in, raises up two fingers, and then leaves in a hurry—Kierk notices he avoids looking at Karen. Then the students flood in. Words and phrases used descriptively in emails surrounding this event: socioeconomic choices unavailable, urban, minority, pre-college enrichment opportunity, students of color, scientific exposure. Leon is lifting the brains out of Tupperware like caught fish, Kierk is snapping on his nitrile gloves surgeon-like, and the kids split off and make their way to the individual stations.—“So Leon, how about this. You play the mute, gravely German giant and I play the wordy and handsome court jester introducing you?” Before Leon can respond:—“Hey boys and girls, my name is Kierk and this big European guy right here is Leon.”—“Are those brains?”—“Yup, these are human brains, but they are from people who wanted us to have their brains after they died, so that we could do science with them.”—“They’re gray.”—“Yup, but in the skull they’re actually very pink. Leon, can you hand me a . . . Great, thanks. Okay, let’s get started. Just to begin with, the brain has got two big parts, this part in the back of the brain is called the (Kierk affects an over-the-top Italian accent) cerebellum. “Everybody say it with me, just like me, cerebellum.”—“Cerebellum” (in chorus).—“Wow, you guys are so smart and you all have wonderful Italian accents, it’s all very impressive” (Carmen is looking over, smiling above rows of heads in motion).—“The cerebellum helps you to move, like, if I throw this brain at you (mimes throwing brain to giggles and shrieks) then your cerebellum would be what helps you catch it. Everybody stand on one foot like me” (eight little sneakers lift off the floor). “Now say (faking balance loss to giggles, arms pinwheeling) ‘cerebellum,’ everybody.”—“Cerebellum!”—“Wonderful! So the cerebellum has a tough job, and it does that by having as many neurons as all the rest of your brain! Do you guys know what neurons are? You haven’t gotten to that station huh, well, who’s fault is that” (making a face, Kierk points to the teacher to giggles).—“Okay, so just trust me then, that the cerebellum, alone, has as much capability as the rest of your whole brain. But here’s the most interesting thing about the cerebellum (eight sneakers follow Kierk’s down), and that’s that if you lost your cerebellum in a tragic accident, you’d still be you. You’d be the same person you are now except that you wouldn’t be able to balance on one foot. That’s all you’d lose. If you lost half your neurons! That’s different from the cerebrum, which is the main part of the brain—everybody now, cerebrum.”—“Cerebrum!” (Eight Italian accents again.)—“Mwah! Beautiful! Perfetto! The cerebrum is the other big part of the brain, and if it gets damaged, you lose everything about you that makes you you. We’re going to take a tour of the cortex now. Leon, will you start?”