"If you got a lot of points, the man in the ball lets you go. If you don't, you gotta come back over and over and over and fight the aliens it takes you to." It's why he has his weird suit on under his clothes, full-bodied, snug and ready for fighting. He has to be ready. "My dad says you're not allowed to tell anyone about it or your head'll asplode, but I think the man in the ball made that turn off..."

Well, he's still got the little chip in his head, but still. No worries about exploding heads.

Yay.