“Excuse me! What are you doing?” I blinked, confused. I was there, then this voice brought me here. I swayed on my feet. Kate, who lived two houses away, was striding down her driveway. She’d wrapped herself in a jacket, despite the fact that it was probably well over a hundred degrees outside. “What is that?” she shouted. “Is this some kind of, of performance art?” “Looks like it!” This was Candy, my next-door neighbor. “Damn thing is stinking up the entire neighborhood! At least put it out!” “Oh dear God, why are you both even…awake?” I asked. I glanced at Ajofia. It was still there.
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