Theodore
“fired Theodore over his shoulder to the voice in the distance.
“Born under a lucky star?”
“One makes their own luck,” replied Theodore as he stood and tried to get a better view of the person in question. “My father taught me that much.”
There was an honest laugh, “Your father taught you very well! But now it seems after all is said and done, I have a little problem.”
Theodore could barely make the man, tall, in a dark trench coat, smoking a cigar. “Well, your first problem is you can't read.... This whole building is a non-smoking area.”
A second laugh marched down the hall, “Oh you Taiks do have sharp eyes. A human would not have picked out so well in the dark.”
“I'd say humans have sharper eyes; we just see better in the dark. If the HVAC had been set the other direction, I would have smelled you earlier yet. But I don't think we're here to discuss comparative anatomy.”
“No. No, indeed.” The man took a long drag on his cigar, “Dr. Barvelt had the common decency to die when he was in a car wreck. But, oh no. Not only do you survive, you had to go all noble and rescue a family and bunch of crash victims on live news.”MoreLess
“Born under a lucky star?”
“One makes their own luck,” replied Theodore as he stood and tried to get a better view of the person in question. “My father taught me that much.”
There was an honest laugh, “Your father taught you very well! But now it seems after all is said and done, I have a little problem.”
Theodore could barely make the man, tall, in a dark trench coat, smoking a cigar. “Well, your first problem is you can't read.... This whole building is a non-smoking area.”
A second laugh marched down the hall, “Oh you Taiks do have sharp eyes. A human would not have picked out so well in the dark.”
“I'd say humans have sharper eyes; we just see better in the dark. If the HVAC had been set the other direction, I would have smelled you earlier yet. But I don't think we're here to discuss comparative anatomy.”
“No. No, indeed.” The man took a long drag on his cigar, “Dr. Barvelt had the common decency to die when he was in a car wreck. But, oh no. Not only do you survive, you had to go all noble and rescue a family and bunch of crash victims on live news.”MoreLess
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