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Lo and Behold

The staircase leads to a magic mirror, of course. For added effect, you point at it and gasp at Fred, "What's that?"

Fred stands and stares at you, apparently thinking that you are serious. "It's a glacier," he deadpans, "and the coming of the new ice age will freeze us both to death."

You grimace. "I was kidding," you explain, and Fred offers a quick but sincere apology.

"Shall we try to crawl through it?" you ask.

Fred shakes his head in confusion. "I don't have too much experience with magic mirrors," he replies. "Go with your instincts, and I'll follow."

You wait for your lupine instincts to guide you, but evidently, they are very weak. Finally, you mutter an oath and draw your hand up to the reflective surface. It passes through like a knife through butter. Actually, since you tend to keep butter in the refrigerator until a meal is ready, your hand passes through much more easily than a knife through butter. In any event, Fred is impressed.

"Crikey!" he exclaims.

"Aren't you from Ohio?" you demand of him.

"Well, yeah," he explains, "but I wanted to lend this cartoon some colourful dialogue."


Written by Joey Liverwurst (edited by phaedrus)

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