You're just a kid. Have fun. Go play in the fluff."
"Not over here, though," said a pale, miserable figure from behind a nearby pile. "I've constructed a Fortress of Solitude."
Lex watched the dentist for a moment more, then gave up. "What's wrong, Edgar?"
"Nothing." He pouted. "Okay, everything." He sighed dramatically as he approached, greasy black hair falling into his face. "I bit my tongue this morning, I dropped guacamole onto my favorite boots, Teddy Roosevelt made fun of my mustache, and-oh yeah-I'm dead." He crossed his arms with a small huff.
"Hey, Quoth," Lex said to the bird atop his shoulder, "go poop on Teddy Roosevelt." The raven gave a slight nod as he launched into the air and flew over to the tangle of presidents, where he stopped, aimed carefully, and dropped a plump white bomb directly onto the face of America's twenty-sixth.
Edgar stuck out his tongue. "Where's your big stick now, Teddy Bear?"
"Dammit, Poe!" Teddy roared, shaking his fist. "I'll get you for this!"
Edgar let out a screech not unlike that of a seven-year-old girl. He dove back into his fortress, sending clouds of the white fluff into the air. Lex watched them float around, her mind clicking onto something-
"Oh my God, that's it!" She jumped up from the desk. "Elysia, I'll catch you later. Edgar-you're a genius."
"I am aware of that," a muffled voice replied
"Not over here, though," said a pale, miserable figure from behind a nearby pile. "I've constructed a Fortress of Solitude."
Lex watched the dentist for a moment more, then gave up. "What's wrong, Edgar?"
"Nothing." He pouted. "Okay, everything." He sighed dramatically as he approached, greasy black hair falling into his face. "I bit my tongue this morning, I dropped guacamole onto my favorite boots, Teddy Roosevelt made fun of my mustache, and-oh yeah-I'm dead." He crossed his arms with a small huff.
"Hey, Quoth," Lex said to the bird atop his shoulder, "go poop on Teddy Roosevelt." The raven gave a slight nod as he launched into the air and flew over to the tangle of presidents, where he stopped, aimed carefully, and dropped a plump white bomb directly onto the face of America's twenty-sixth.
Edgar stuck out his tongue. "Where's your big stick now, Teddy Bear?"
"Dammit, Poe!" Teddy roared, shaking his fist. "I'll get you for this!"
Edgar let out a screech not unlike that of a seven-year-old girl. He dove back into his fortress, sending clouds of the white fluff into the air. Lex watched them float around, her mind clicking onto something-
"Oh my God, that's it!" She jumped up from the desk. "Elysia, I'll catch you later. Edgar-you're a genius."
"I am aware of that," a muffled voice replied
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