“Oh, that stupid question. Ok,    
What’d you find out? I’m sure you      
looked it up on the internet, got the  
answer, and are all so proud of how    
brilliant you are,” the voice from     
behind the vent said in a bored voice, 
“but since you went through all that   
trouble, feel free to bore me with it  
anyway.”                               
     That burst my bubble a little, but
not enough to stop me.                 
     “The reason they picked the actor 
was because he looked like someone a   
horse would talk to.”                  
     Instead of clapping its hands,    
Teddy said the words instead, “Clap,   
clap, clap, bravo, well done and all   
that other stupid human shit you say to
each other, when you’re pretending that
you really care about each other,”     
* Teddy said, and then added, “Which you   
don’t, by the way.”                    
     “Who are you?” I had to ask, “And,
please don’t tell me you’re a tiny-    
little talking horse.”                 
     I heard a chuckle and the shadow  
pantomiming like it was looking at a   
watch on its wrist.                    
     “Ok, I can give you fifteen       
minutes, but then I got to get back in 
here and straighten things out, before 
Frankenstein and his evil assistants   
come in for the day.                   
     “Five minutes will be wasted while
you recover from the shock.”           
     “What does that mean?”            
     “It means, I’ll have to show you, 
because otherwise, you won’t believe   
me. Could you do me a favor and close  
the blinds, please?”                   



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