Another Thing To Keep In Mind

  • by Kentrunning across fingernails and toenails
  • assuming you expand your definition of “living”
  • a charismatic leader
  • the procession moved slowly and majestically
  • James Bond didn’t wear pants

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Another thing to keep in mind about spycraft is that, most of the time, James Bond didn’t wear pants when he was doing his best work. That put me in good company. Tesla, too.

William Sausage muttered something about formal dress being optional. Tesla winked at me.

She picked up one of the balloon animals — a penguin — and made a small adjustment to the way it was tied. When she let go, it floated, rising gradually as if some of its air had been turned to helium. In the time I wasted staring at this phenomenon, she did the same thing to several more and they floated upwards in the first one’s wake. The procession moved slowly and majestically toward the hatch where William Sausage remained, more disconcerted than ever. The inflated creatures followed the penguin like a charismatic leader. You could believe they were living to serve him, assuming you expand your definition of “living” to encompass balloon animals.

“How are you making them rise?” I whispered to Tesla. She laid a finger across my lips. It was then that I became cognizant that her greasepaint costume’s theme did not extend to every inch of her. For I discerned music notes running across fingernails and toenails, no doubt carrying a coded message. But, was that message meant for me?

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