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“Duck?” It was Hunter’s voice calling down to him It sounded like Hunter was at the bottom of a well Of course it was the other way around: Duck was at the bottom of the well

“Happy, happy,” Duck whispered

He was not buried alive, he was sitting down in the ht in front where he could rest his feet And he had popcorn Buttered, of course, extra salt And a box of Cookie Dough Bites

Previews He loved the previews Previews and popcorn and oh, look, there was a Slushee in the seat’s cup holder Blue, whatever flavor that was supposed to be Blue Slushee

What was the movie? Iron Man

He loved Iron Man

And Slushees Popcorn Swi pools Girls

Soainst his ars and chest

Don’t think about that, it ht make you unhappy andyou down

Way down

Duck laughed at that

“Duck Dude” Hunter’s voice It sounded closer now, clearer Was he watching Iron Man, too?

No, Sarah Willetson was Sarah was sitting beside hi of peanut M&M’s She was pouring soht colors

The scraping had stopped

“Dude?”