What happens next is the rest of his life, and he's standing there like an idiot as It passes him. It is a finely-layered tesseract in perpetual movement around the Earth, each perceivable surface compounded of so many additional surfaces as to bear semblance to LED screens. It was diligently premeditated to appear at this longitude and latitude -- East Coast, Delaware -- at the precise date of September 11th, 2028, between the times 11:00 pm and 1:30 am. It is now roughly 8 meters off of the ground, and he could reach if he tried, if he had any inkling of the understanding that you do.
Feigning cluelessness throughout this -- "This is urgent!"
He turns to you with that terrible, deer-like expression. You cut him off.
"You know what to do, Danny! Mount a street lamp and climb before we miss this!"
Sixteen years, going seventeen, stares back with a gaping mouth and backpack, likewise, barely zipped. Something turned him inattentive tonight. You can see some of yourself in that; you've gotten lazy. Right now, You're paralyzed; your attention is split between the boy and the tesseract, creeping along like a city bus looking for passengers. You've proven a bad example -- you've come to terms with the fact, but right here, right now, it's the worst possible thing you could be, and you almost hate yourself as bad as you know you will if your entire existence proves arbitrary in the sixty or so seconds Danny and you have left.
"Danny, please. You disappointment, just-- You know what to do. You can make it!"
Your son wants to say something, but he can't, because he's never seen you like this before. It doesn't matter because you're never going to see him again. If all goes according to calculations.
"Just do it," you beg to his turned back. Silently, your only son grabs a lamp, and you can't watch as he enters the portal in the nick of time.
(( I went over at 333. Lol is this even eerie?