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He continues walking as if there might be an unclaimed octopus on our path to wherever it is we’re going.
I’m a hundred percent sure there won’t be.
“Can I ask why we need an octopus?”
“For the skit.”
He checks something off a list, and I scan the empty corridor trying to determine what we just accomplished.
“We’re doing a skit?”
“Not us, silly. The fans.”
“At the meet and greet?”
“The M and G, yes.”
“With an octopus. Possibly a living one.”
“I said real. Doesn’t have to be alive.”
“I… okay.”
It’s not like we’ll encounter an octopus in any state of health.
“So have you been working with Jarvis for a while?” I ask.
“Since the beginning.”
“Of his career?”
That seems unlikely.
“Since his partnership with Sandeke Telecom.”
Way more likely.
“What are your thoughts on the guy?”
“That’s a great question, Val,” he says.
“Thanks.”
“What do you know about killer clowns?”
Not enough, apparently.
“Um… They generally should be avoided?”
He pulls to a stop and spins toward me. “Precisely. How did you know that?”
“I guess, movies? And common sense?”
He pats my arm. “Well said. You’ll make a great spy one day, Mr. Andrews.”
Hopefully, that day is today. “So… killer clowns?”
“Ah! Right. You know what happens before they bite you?”
