Mik is en route to Location Three, and Location Three is the final location, the place where I am supposed to manifest my actual self and commence human interaction. Do I have to? a voice in me whimpers. Can’t the puppets act on my behalf? Puppet ambassadors? Yeah, because what’s creepier than a stalker? A stalker ventriloquist who speaks through angel and devil puppets. I imagine Mik introducing me to his family: “I’d like you to meet my girlfriend Zuzana and… her representatives.” No no no. You can do this. I can do this. I unfurl myself from behind the tombstone. I am the same person who
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