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Trey wants to play with Icarus, but Philip won't let him.

There is no indication that Philip won't let Trey play mouth basketball. When Trey tells Philip to stand aside, he wants him to physically move so that he can aid Icarus. Trey says "stand aside" to Philip so that he can assist Icarus.

Philip is making fun of Icarus.

To "make fun" of someone is to "tease" or "mock" them in a playful manner. Philip is not "teasing" or "mocking" Icarus. Philip does say that Icarus is "turning kind of blue", however this is an observation of Icarus's face as he is choking on the chocolate, and not an indication that he "is making fun of Icarus".

Trey helps Icarus.

Trey tells Philip that he is going to give Icarus the Heimlich Maneuver. The Heimlich Maneuver is an emergency procedure for removing an object stuck in the throat of a choking person (someone who cannot breathe). This is only done to "help" a person who is choking to breathe normally again. Trey's intention is to "help" Icarus.

Icarus has an object stuck in his throat.

Trey tells Philip that Icarus is "choking". To "choke" on something means that the throat is blocked, and the normal passage of air is obstructed. Philip has thrown a chocolate into Icarus's mouth, and it has become stuck in Icarus's throat, causing him to choke. This is why Icarus is having trouble breathing. Choking is a dangerous situation in which a person could die if normal air-flow is not restored quickly.

Icarus is being strangled.

Icarus is choking, but he is not being "strangled". To strangle someone is to physically stop someone's breathing with the intention of harming or even killing them. Someone can choke without being strangled. Here Icarus is choking on a chocolate thrown into his mouth by Philip, however no one has physically attacked Icarus.

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