The jogger sighed. He pulled out his phone and my eyes got big, because it glowed with a bluish light. When he extended the antenna, two creatures began writhing around it-green snakes, no bigger than earthworms.The jogger didn’t seem to notice. He checked his LCD display and cursed. “I’ve got to take this. Just a sec …” Then into the phone: “Hello?” He listened. The mini-snakes writhed up and down the antenna right next to his ear.Yeah,” the jogger said. “Listen-I know, but… I don’t care if he is chained to a rock with vultures pecking at his liver, if he doesn’t have a tracking number, we can’t locate his package….A gift to humankind, great… You know how many of those we deliver-Oh, never mind. Listen, just refer him to Eris in customer service. I gotta go.

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