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Lester walked into the wall and kept right on going.
Strange as that may sound, it wasn't all that unusual. Lester could walk through anything - walls, doors, trees,
sand dunes, hotdog stands, people; you name it, Lester could walk through it. It had something to do with his innate
physical make-up. Seems the atoms that comprised his body were spaced farther apart than normal, so that when he
encountered another object, his atoms allowed their atoms to pass between. Well, it went something like that; Lester
was never entirely sure how it all worked. He just knew that nothing ever got in his way - literarily.
Luckily for Lester, his atoms were just barely spaced farther apart than normal. Had there been additional space,
any-and-all objects would have passed right through him. Clothes would go on, and then fall right to the ground.
Food would go in, down, and out. Chairs, beds, and couches would be unsittable and unlayable. Theoretically, Lester
could have been born, passed right through the doctor's hands, then the floor, the ground, the earth, etc, etc.
The thought of it gave Lester the heebie-jeebies.
But Lester just barely had extra space between his atoms, so that he needed to push himself through other objects.
He had to will it. Thankfully, Lester could lay on beds, knock on doors, shake hands, pet dogs…you get the drift
- Lester could also not go through objects, if he so desired. You see, usually he liked to keep his little ability
hidden from the world. Early on, he found that it sort of made other people freak out. It should also be noted
that Lester's clothes didn't go along with him when he passed through things, and that public nudity is frowned
upon almost as much as incredible feats of unexplainable trickery.
Still, as a child, he had his moments of fun; though he was quick to learn the drawbacks: his mother screamed when
he'd poke his head, and then the rest of his body, through the crib slats; his teacher screamed when she walked
in and found half of Lester's arm buried inside the chalkboard; the lady on the corner screamed, and then promptly
fainted, when Lester ran into the ice cream store while the front door was still closed, and then ran out naked
as the day he was born. The list goes on and on. Suffice it to say, Lester's abilities caused a lot of screaming.
Fortunately, most people couldn't or wouldn't believe their own eyes. And for those who did, Lester's mother knew
how to convince them otherwise. She explained that her son was practicing to be a magician. It was all done with
mirrors, she would say, and then quickly walk away with Lester firmly in tow. So you see, Lester rarely utilized
his natural-born talent, once he reached a certain age. Rarely, but not never, that is. On occasion, he needed
to walk through walls - especially on the one occasion at the beginning of this story.
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