"I'm afraid we're running out of time. You know what will happen if we
cannot conclude matters by a satisfactory hour."
Kurt continued to scratch.
"Does your arm bother you?"
"No."
It wasn't the answer that shocked the Lab Coat Man, but the fact that
he had replied at all. "Good! I mean... too bad! Good that you
answered one my questions, but too bad that -- wait, what made you
finally answer one of my questions?"
Kurt pondered this for a moment. "I don't know. I just got bored."
The Lab Coat Man reached for his pen in order to mark an 'X' on his
clipboard, stopped, and sighed.
18. One Too Many
"A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise.... Because
that is how life is -- full of surprises."
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer
Julia never lost that feeling of uneasiness, so she and Rhonda had left
before the screening of "Bride". As Rhonda drove them past the usual
road signs and over predictable bumps, Julia became aware of the
magnitude of what had happened. She had lost her job and gotten a new
one all in one night; she had felt something that she had always
assumed was a figment of her uncle's imagination -- possibly the first
symptom of a mental illness; she had sat through one of the worst films
she had ever witnessed without finding an excuse to leave.
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