Is this permission?

Stephen said, "You can kill me..."
I'm a little worried about the stress that school is putting on him... look at this picture

yes he is hugging our new vacuum cleaner...I guess whatever floats your boat.
for those of you worried about me cutting off the end of his sentences here is the full quote from above:
"You can kill me in my sleep and I won't even wake up until I'm dead" you tell me I shouldn't be worried