{"id":7334,"date":"2020-07-15T08:53:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=7334"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:33:08","slug":"i-expected-the-fountain-to-be-bracingly-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-expected-the-fountain-to-be-bracingly-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"I Expected The Fountain to be Bracingly Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>rule the world with his weather control device<\/li>\n<li>His knees don\u2019t bend<\/li>\n<li>and, of course, a \u201cheavily sedated but alert grizzly bear.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>recount all sorts of salacious tales<\/li>\n<li>Glass etching requires etching paste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 510 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I expected the fountain to be bracingly cold, an unpleasant but sensible measure to aid in reviving me. But it was warm like tropical waves, and I didn&#8217;t in the least bit mind sitting in it. The nurse prodded and shoved at my shoulders and back, seeming dissatisfied with my posture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen,&#8221; Brady said. &#8220;The League of Tap Dancers is led by Kabbadan Scrim, a madman who wants to <em>rule the world with his weather control device<\/em>. The fact that he doesn&#8217;t have one, and that he spends his days overseeing nefarious tap dancers, makes him grouchy. Bitter, really. See, dancing is something he can never do. <em>His knees don&#8217;t bend<\/em>, like, at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I spread my arms in a dramatic shrug, splashing the pretty nurse. She poked me between the ribs with her knuckle. &#8220;Youch! But, really. What does all this have to do with me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brady made one of those smug faces he was reviled for. &#8220;He&#8217;s expecting to haggle with me over a weather control device. You&#8217;re playing the part of my head engineer. When he asks how it works, start to answer and I&#8217;ll interrupt after a few seconds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The nurse stepped back quickly, and I looked over my shoulder into the fountain. It was filled with salmon, which accounted for the splashing. And then I noticed that I was not the only one seated in there. An enormous animal lounged against the opposite rim, watching me blearily.<\/p>\n<p>Brady chortled. &#8220;My head engineer, you see, has an eccentric taste in pets. So,&#8221; he summed up, &#8220;at the meeting it will be you, and me&#8230;&#8221; He trailed off, but I knew he meant it would be the two of us <em>and, of course, a &#8220;heavily sedated but alert grizzly bear.&#8221;<\/em> At least I hoped it was sedated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kabbadan&#8217;s a boor,&#8221; Brady declared, &#8220;and will <em>recount all sorts of salacious tales<\/em> about tap. Your true job is to detect any coded messages he works into his soliloquy. He might try to test me, and I&#8217;ll need you to feed me the proper responses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I shrugged again, this time splashing the bear. &#8220;How am I supposed to do that? 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