Me: (picking up something I couldn’t identify) I wonder what this is.
9YO: (in another part of the room, vaguely sing-song-y) Tape, tape.
Me: No, I don’t think so.
9YO: Tape, tape.
Me: Oh, you’re *looking* for tape. (gets up to help look, then looks over at what he’s doing.)
9YO: Tape, tape.
Me: Oh, I see, you’re attaching electrodes to Pikachu.