“Oh, good. You didn’t scream, or fall down, or run away.” The voice was slightly muffled at the beginning, and then the shining helmet was removed to reveal an equally shining face and a wide, white cloud of hair. I quickly revised my interpretation of what I was seeing. “I should,” I said reproachfully to the gilded stranger. “You’re naked.” He looked down nervously, then gave me a stern look. “Don’t scare me like that. I haven’t lost pubic sphincter control since I was twelve.” “Oh?” I said faintly. A worried expression came over his face. “That was a joke. Please don’t take me seriously.
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