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Be unstoppable.

Come into your local store today.

As the earth holds me,

as the sky sees me,

as the sun rises within me,

I step out to greet the day.

Come in

Hello?

Hello, Doug.

Come in.

Oh, uh, sorry.

Am I disturbing you?

Not at all, Doug.

Come in.

How are you?

Oh, I'm okay.

Just okay?

I'm good.

I'm sorry, that's a lie.

I'm I'm just okay.

Do you remember the emotional intelligence wheel I gave you?

Yeah, uh, I yes, I am um

fragile.

I'm feeling fragile,

and because you used the word fragile, you feel less fragile, right?

Yes,

uh,

a little

good,

sit down, Okay.

I'm sorry I've been away for so long.

Have you been able to drink this skull cap tea in the morning?

Yes.

Yes, I have.

It helps a lot.

I gave up coffee.

That's great.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with coffee.

It's just very powerful and you need to pace yourself.

I have had a little coffee.

That's okay.

Um.

Things have been very strange in town.

Yes, Doug, they really have.

I'm glad you came to see me.

I'm not really sure what to do with it all.

Well,

the first thing to do is what you're doing right now.

Reach out to other people.

Try and stay connected.

Oh, right.

And

what do you say to yourself?

Oh, um,

I am not sick.

You're not.

That's right.

The stars have made you sensitive to things that others aren't.

Things affect you differently than other people.

That doesn't mean you're wrong.

That doesn't mean you're broken.

It just means you're different.

Different is good.

Different is important.

Right.

It would help if things weren't getting so strange.

I mean, it's nuts out there, Drinket.

I know it is, Doug.

It's not just you.

It's hard for me, too.

It's been very hard to stay centered and connected for me too.

It's not just you.

Okay.

How are things with your dad?

Well, he's still an asshole.

Okay.

But he also can't take care of himself, so I'm over there a lot.

Right.

Well, we've talked about this before.

Your father spent most of his life working for timber companies.

Bringing down old growth like that releases a huge amount of energy that was being contained in the trees.

He spent far too many years being exposed to that.

He's carrying a lot.

Well, he tends to make that my fault, though.

I know, Doug.

That's not an excuse.

That's an explanation.

He really is an asshole.

Thank you.

Don't spend more time over there than you have to.

I won't.

So,

what do you need today?

Is the tea enough, do you think?

I've got some linden oil that might help.

Oh, uh, actually, um,

something's going on.

It could be nothing, but I thought, you know, um,

considering everything that that's happening.

What is it?

It's about Cameron.

Cameron?

Well, what about Cameron?

He, um,

you know how he has his Wall Street Journal delivered to my store?

Yes.

Thank you for doing that, by the way.

Oh, it's no problem.

It's easy.

The paper gets delivered to the shop, and I drop it off at his front gate every day.

He pays me way too much money to do it.

So?

What is the problem then?

The papers have been piling up a little.

He hasn't been picking them up.

I dropped one off this morning, and there's...

five newspapers at his gate now.

I see.

I'm sure it's nothing.

Considering what's going on lately, though, I thought I should say something and I know you go up to see him sometimes, so I thought maybe I should come see you.

Okay.

Thank you for doing that.

I'm glad you told me.

I'm sure it's nothing.

I'm sure.

But I'm glad you told me.

Should I tell Frank?

No, don't worry about it.

I'll check on him.

You don't have to worry about it.

Okay.

In fact, I'll do that right now.

Great.

Before you go, I want you to take this.

Keep this with you.

It's so delight.

It'll help you stay cool out there, okay?

Just keep it in your pocket.

Don't leave home without it.

Okay, great.

I'm so glad you're back.

Me too, Doug.

I'll let you know when more Skullcap comes in, okay?

Great.

What's going on, Cameron?

Ah,

you again.

What is that sound?

Estelle's back.

You named Clementine's chicken Estelle?

I did.

Good morning, Estelle.

Why did you name it Estelle?

Look at her.

It works, right?

I mean,

it does.

Estelle!

How has one lone chicken been surviving in a forest full of chicken-eating things?

Ooh, I do not want to know the answer to that question.

Nor do I.

Maybe Estelle's the survivor.

When Trinket's comet swings by and obliterates the Earth, Estelle's still going to be here.

Just Estelle.

And cockroaches.

And Nick Nulty.

I see we've added getting obliterated by a comet to our daily parlance.

I see we've added daily parlance to our daily parlance.

Are you a Dickensian clerk?

We're not going to be obliterated by a cult.

Drinkett says there's a comet heading for Earth, and it's going to obliterate us.

That's not what she said.

She did not say obliterate.

It's just like you to quibble over terminology when the world is on the brink of destruction.

Can you believe this, Estelle?

Do not drag Estelle into this.

Morning, Verge.

Morning.

What's up this morning?

Oh, you know, just taking it all in before we're obliterated.

See?

I thought it was my job to be the pessimistic one.

I don't like you two moving in on my my territory.

Nobody elected you the president of pessimism.

It was a volunteer position that you always took on pro bono.

Well,

I've resigned my position, and now I'm switching sides, since you two seem to have it covered.

Well, look at you.

Look at the growth.

I'm just saying, just because there's a lot of weird shit going on doesn't mean that every hare brain theory is correct.

It's like I don't even know you.

That's a chicken, right?

Burge, this is Estelle.

Say hello, Estelle.

You eat these, right?

We're not eating that one.

Oh, no, we are not.

Just stay away from this chicken, Verge.

It's cursed.

Bad Juju.

Juju.

Uh-huh.

Hey, speaking of witches and curses.

Who's that?

It's Trinket.

The local mystic, Verge.

Do you need to have your chakras hoovered?

My what, what?

Trinket!

What's up?

I need your help.

Hi, June.

What's going on?

It's Cameron.

Cameron?

I talked to Doug.

Cameron hasn't been picking up his newspapers.

Well, maybe he just realized he was the last person in America to get the newspaper delivered.

I think he may have regressed while I was gone.

We need to check on him.

What do you need us for?

Well, I tried ringing his intercom several times.

He's not answering.

So what can we do about it?

We're breaking in.

Oh, we are.

Are we?

Yes.

Trinket.

What?

I'm not going to break into Cameron's high-tech compound.

I wouldn't even know how to do that.

Would you just get your tools and come with me?

Maybe he's just out of town, Trinket.

He's in agoraphobe.

Oh, shit.

Really?

I was working with him before I left.

I shouldn't have left.

He didn't trust doctors, so he would call me once a week.

We set up a plan where he would once a day leave his house to go pick up the paper at his front gate.

It wasn't a lot, but it was working for him.

Now, there's a pile of Wall Street journals at his front gate.

Trinket.

Cameron's gate is solid steel.

The locks are all computerized.

He's got security cameras.

He could have machine gun turrets for all I know.

My bolt cutters aren't going to do the trick.

Well, we've got to do something.

Hey,

space friend.

Hey, Hey, Earth friend.

Who are they talking about?

Cameron Winterbourne Welsh, local reclusive billionaire.

Do the rich people get really weird and eccentric where you come from?

Oh my gosh, yes, totally.

This guy's like that.

He invented a couple of things and made a bunch of money, and then one day he buys a big plot of land up here, builds a high-tech compound, and then we never see him.

And you're going to break into his house.

Well,

I was wondering.

Oh.

Well, well, okay.

I was wondering if your magic

pocket pal had the ability to hack into a high-tech computer lock situation.

Oh, um, hmm.

I'm assuming, yes.

Please don't talk about me like I'm not here.

Hey, Elden.

Do you have some sort of Asmov's law that prevents you from doing crimes?

June, look who my owner is.

This is the longest Verge has gone without committing a crime.

That's cool.

You guys are so cool.

I'd recommend against this, but what a waste of processing power that would be.

Guys, I have an idea.

Good morning.

Please enter code or scan your pesky.

I hate it when they talk to me.

This is it, buddy.

Do your thing.

One moment.

Who is this person?

This is Verge.

Okay.

Verge is staying with us at the horizon.

Verge is a

skilled person.

They're a criminal.

No.

No, they.

Not in the classic way.

Privacy is important.

Trinket we recognize the irony of saying that while we're breaking into someone's home, but still

what good passky, please mourning your enter or coach your scan.

Interesting.

What's happening?

The estate has its own operating system.

Not bad for Earth, actually, but something's corrupting the system.

Connections are being made where there shouldn't be.

Is there a workaround?

Yes, hang on.

There we go.

I'd watch yourself in there.

Why?

The system appears to have been hacked, but not in any useful way.

There's been a randomization of the code that I can't seem to put my finger on.

Alright, well, I'll keep my eyes open.

As will I.

I can just imagine Cameron talking to his architect.

Yes, that gate is nice, but does it open ominously?

Thank you.

I can take it from here.

Are you sure?

No.

No, I'm not.

Would you come with me?

Sure.

I was going in anyway.

I have to see this place.

Come on, Verge.

Crime!

Lead the way.

So he's in agoraphobe, huh?

It's not about open spaces for him.

It's about purity,

feeling clean.

The house is completely sealed off from the outside world and he's got a complicated filtration system that everything runs through.

He said he began to feel like every time he was outside, something was trying to infest his body.

He didn't want to feel that way.

It was just an inescapable feeling for him.

Jesus.

apparently, when you work with microchips, you have to do it in a clean room without any dust particles.

You have to wear this head-to-toe suit that keeps you from corrupting things.

He said the first time he ever stepped into one of those clean rooms was the most calm he'd ever felt in his life.

He got obsessed with the feeling, took over everything.

And he turned to you for this?

i i didn't think there was a magic spell for agoraphobia very funny is there a magical spell for agoraphobia

frank are you honestly asking me about my work or are you just looking for an opportunity to make fun of me i mean can't it be both you're such an asshole

well i'd start with passion flower tea

and then if that didn't work black tourmaline

a rock.

Wear it as necklace near your sternum.

Did any of that work?

No, he never tried it.

He was just as skeptical of me as he was a conventional doctor.

He just felt like

he could talk to me.

I accepted him for who he was without any judgment.

That can be very powerful for someone.

There it is.

Fuck, it's huge.

Yeah.

Not exactly a cozy blanket on the legs cabin in the woods, is it?

I guess if I lived here, I'd get a little agoraphobia too.

Uh, Elden, define agoraphobia.

I got this one, Elden.

It's a fear of going outside.

It's not.

It's not.

No.

Agoraphobia is a rare human condition wherein a person develops an irrational fear of locations that appear to have no easy escape.

Because of this fear, they may have the tendency to avoid leaving their home.

So based on what we've heard, a more accurate assessment of this man may be mesophobia, an irrational fear of germs and contamination.

But

Trinket says he was an agoraphobe.

There are no experts on this subject in our immediate vicinity.

Sounds like airlock shock.

There are some similarities between mesophobia and airlock shock.

Sometimes, if you're on a long haul, you spend a lot of time with recycled air and sealed airlocks.

If you spend enough time in the black, you can get kind of attached to the idea that you're in control of your entire environment.

Then,

the next time you need to dock somewhere,

you hesitate.

You don't want to leave the safety of your perfectly manicured air supply.

You begin to fear what's out there.

Wow.

Did that ever happen to you?

Once.

I was in some pretty deep trouble, so I had to make my way into some uncharted territory.

I was in a sealed environment for

how long, Elden?

Approximately two Earth years.

It took you two years to get where you were going?

Two years.

No stops along the way.

Jesus.

How big was the ship?

It was very, very small.

I remember reaching out to depressurize the docking port for the first time, and

my hand shook.

Took me a while to get up the courage to leave.

I'm sure that space travel seems pretty romantic to you, June, but it's definitely not a place to make your home.

How long have you made it your home?

My whole life.

Fucking hell, Cameron.

Has he blacked out the windows?

He's blacked out the windows.

Well,

what do we do?

Should we just knock?

What else can we do?

Cameron!

Cameron, it's Trinket.

Cameron, are you there?

Something's not right.

Trinket, stop knocking.

What's wrong?

Cameron, I had to break through your gate.

I'm pretty upset right now.

Stop knocking.

What?

There's a high particulate count in the air, organic.

It looks like spores.

The windows aren't blacked out.

What do you mean?

Look.

What is that?

It looks like fungus, Trinket.

It's completely covering all the windows.

How do you know?

Look at the door jam.

Are those mushrooms?

I highly suggest your friend step back from the windows and doors.

Let's move back, people.

What?

Ever had a lung full of spores?

Move back.

Spores!

Back, back, back, back, back, back, back.

Oh, shit.

Did Cameron's house just try to kill us?

Every single window is black, and there's a lot of them.

The entire house is full of mushrooms.

What happened?

I thought his house was hermetically sealed from the outside world.

It is.

He should fire his contractor.

If he's still in there, he's

drinking.

If he's still in there, he's been dead for a while.

I'm sorry.

The place is really full of that much active fungal spores.

No way he lives.

I'm sorry.

I thought I should cut to the chase.

I need to get in there.

No, absolutely not.

I'm going in there.

Drink it.

Listen to what Verge just said.

There's a very high chance of there being a dead body in there.

I'm not afraid of that.

I'll put a mask on.

That's not enough.

It has to be.

No.

Trinket.

I've been through this when I used to work demolition, okay?

It's not just a mask you need.

For mold spores, it needs to be a full-face gas mask and with something called a P100 filter.

Nobody in town has those.

Why not?

Because it's a town of 600 people.

Trinket.

He could be alive in there too, Frank.

We're forgetting that part.

He could be alive in there and he needs help.

We need to get in there right now.

Even if it kills us?

Excuse me, space person?

Yes.

I think we need you to go put your spacesuit on.

My spacesuit.

I'm assuming your spacesuit would protect you from mold, so yeah, it's an emergency.

Space suit on.

Let's go.

June, I don't have a spacesuit.

What are you talking about?

You have a spaceship, but no spacesuit?

It's not that kind of spaceship.

Well, what the hell kind of spaceship doesn't require a spacesuit?

Verge's ship is a converted racing sloop.

It has no airlock, therefore, no spacesuit is required.

Well,

I'm very disappointed in your spaceship.

We do have a set of two hazard masks.

What are those?

Masks that are meant to adapt to hostile environs should you touch down on a planet with a less than favorable atmosphere.

That works, right?

Are they anti-mushroom?

Most definitely.

Now we're cooking.

Nice work, Elden.

I live for your approval.

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Okay,

here they are.

This looks really complicated.

You just

travel around with these.

A lot of hostile environments out there.

Are you sure you want to do this trinket?

I'm sure.

How do you put it on?

I'll show you.

Are you ready?

Yes.

You don't look like you're ready.

I am.

I'm.

It's going to cover my whole face, and I'm a little claustrophobic.

Doesn't sound like there's any time for that now.

You're right.

Go ahead.

Okay,

I'm going to put this over your head, like so.

This part goes in your ear, so I can talk to you.

Since I know how these work, I'll wear the other one and I'll go in with you.

You don't have to do that, Verge.

You might need to make adjustments while we're in there.

Also,

I'm a little curious what the hell's going on past that door.

Can you hear me?

I can hear you.

This is very disorienting.

You'll get used to it.

Just give me a moment, okay?

Sure.

Focus on breathing.

Elden, are you connected to my camera?

I am.

You two, take Elden.

His screen will show you everything I'm seeing, okay?

Okay.

Elden, I promise not to drop you.

Also,

do you break if I drop you?

Please give me to Frank.

Good call.

Okay.

I think I'm going to be all right.

Let's go.

All right.

I'll go through first.

Stay close.

Okay.

Knock, knock.

Ooh, well, this is something.

Jesus Christ, the whole place is covered in mushrooms.

That is so fucking creepy.

Drink it, how are you doing?

Looks pretty weird in there.

Goddess my shield, my encircler.

Each day, each night, each dark, each light.

Goddess my shield, my encircler.

Each day, each night, each dark, each light.

What are we doing here?

Just asking for some protection.

Not a bad idea.

Good, beautiful.

Cameron.

Warning that today be a day.

Air quality clear is mostly should.

Oh boy.

Um, any hope for this operating system, Elden?

No, it's completely scrambled.

Gosh,

it's like a farm in here.

How how many different kinds of mushroom am I looking at?

I've counted 67 varieties at this point.

Some of them.

What?

Some of them are not native to this planet.

What

in this main room alone are are clusters of a boobaluth, jambles, and the very rare green mountain hermit with azure blue eggs.

These are all fungal strains from planets in Triangulum.

The plot thickens.

Indeed.

This doesn't make any sense.

Fungus needs decay to live.

There's nothing in his house that decays.

What is the fungus feeding on?

The Cro-Magnon is right.

None of this makes sense biologically.

I can't believe what I'm seeing.

Neither can I.

I don't...

I...

I know mushrooms.

When it's the season, I'm harvesting at least once a week.

I've never seen half of these.

I...

I don't understand.

Cameron!

Cameron, can you hear me?

If he's somehow alive, he definitely can't call out for help, okay?

Hey, Trinket!

Do you know if he had one of those?

What do you call them when rich people are scared of poor people?

A safe room?

A safe room!

Trinket!

Did he have a safe room?

Maybe he's hiding in there.

No, he didn't.

I need to check the bedroom, okay?

Well, I can't.

What why?

But the bedroom is this way.

It's completely blocked.

You're telling me this wall is a hallway.

Yes.

Well, it's a wall of mushrooms now.

I need to get through there.

Wait.

What's happening?

The hallway is completely blocked by a fungus wall.

Gross!

That's a bad idea, Trinket.

Stand back, okay?

What are you going to do?

Elden,

what's a good setting?

0.06 power on a scatter setting.

Okay.

What is that?

Do you want to go through the hallway?

Yes.

Then don't worry about it.

Are you going to laser beam the mushrooms plasma

plasma are you going to plasma beam the mushrooms june i'm just going to give them a little shove here we go

it looks like it's working

Okay.

Looks like you're good to go.

Thank you.

At the end of the hall?

Yes.

Do you want me to come with you?

No.

No, I should go alone.

Okay.

Shout if you need me.

Goddess, my shield, my encircler.

Each day, each night.

Each dark, each light.

Goddess, my shield, my encircler.

Each day, each night.

each dark, each light.

Trinket,

I found him.

He's gone.

It's like

it's like

it's like the the the the infestation started with him and then

moved out to the rest of the house

he's completely covered by them

I'm very sorry.

Drink it.

I am too, but drink it You really need to get out of there now, okay?

This doesn't feel right.

There's something I need to do.

Okay.

Okay,

make it fast, Trinket.

I'm so sorry, Cameron.

I shouldn't have left.

I abandoned you.

I hope you can forgive me.

Goddess of death,

I stand here as your priestess, knowing that life must be winnowed to thrive.

This is a holy act I perform.

Elden

am I

am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?

You are

that is the Spacefoot.

What is that?

How is this here?

I have no idea how any of this is here, but this

little bit of fungus, especially.

Scientists have been trying to cultivate Spacefoot for a generation.

And here it sits.

What the fuck is going on in this town?

Buddy, I'm supposed to ask you questions, remember?

Damn, Verge, one of the seals in your mask is losing integrity.

I can't guarantee a seal anymore.

You better head back outside.

Shit, okay.

Trinket, I've got a bad seal.

I have to head back.

Are you okay?

Are you alright?

Fucking shit, that was creepy.

Everything squished.

All of it.

Where's Trinket?

Trinket!

You need to come out now, Trinket.

No spelunking in the fungus cave without a buddy.

Trinket?

Trinket!

Oh, God.

Damn it, I knew we should have tied a rope to her.

Trinket!

Trinket, Burge's mask isn't working anymore.

We can't come in and get you.

You've got to get out of there.

Oh shit.

Oh shit.

Come on.

Trinket.

I can't find the door.

Shit.

I don't know where I am.

Oh, fuck.

We've got to get her out of there.

My mask's no good anymore.

She needs to figure it out for herself.

I think...

I think, I, I, I, I think the walls keep changing.

Trinket, just keep moving forward, one foot in front of the other.

I can't see the door!

She's becoming hypoxic.

She's having a panic attack.

She needs to leave right now.

Try to breathe, Trinket.

You're having a panic attack.

I can't.

I can't breathe.

Fuck this.

Whoa!

Cameron, I'm so sorry.

Hey there, Trinket.

Can I get you some black tourmaline?

Frank!

Let's go!

You can't be here!

I know!

Which means if you don't move it, it's going to be all your fault when I die.

So come on, keep moving!

Frank!

What the?

Get the mask off her.

Hold still.

You

stupid!

Ow!

Fucking

asshole.

Ow!

Stop hitting me!

You just sucked in more mold than a truffle pig, you dick!

Elden, can you get Frank the once-over?

Hold still, Captain America.

I need to sonogram your lungs.

You're a fucking asshole, and I hate you.

What was I supposed to do?

Sit here while she turned into a toadstool?

I think.

I think you're going to be fine, Frank.

Boom.

Okay.

See?

Everything's fine.

Everything's not fine, you yucks!

Frank it, are you okay?

Thank you, Frank.

No problem.

Well,

I don't know about you three, but Uncle Verge needs a little drinky poo.

Um, how about we pack up here and uh raise a glass to the mushroom guy?

Hey.

Hey.

That was a very nice service you performed in there.

Thanks.

I wish I could have done more.

I'm sure we all do.

I was in the high desert

with

five other practitioners once.

One of us was going through a very scary time

and

we decided we would try and invoke a spirit for courage.

The great horned god is

what we called him.

Well, not that horned god, a

different one.

Okay.

Okay.

We sat around a fire as the sun set.

After an hour, I

swear to you, we saw him.

He was standing in the fire.

I could see the flames curling around his legs.

It was transformative.

We were all really deeply changed by that moment.

And I remember thinking to myself that that would be it for me.

That will be the strangest

thing I ever experienced.

Some

curved flames and a campfire.

After today.

After today, I...

I think today broke me.

I don't know how to bring meaning

to what I do anymore.

I can't.

I can't explain what just happened.

It broke me.

Well,

there's a saying where I come from:

May you be blessed by the world breaking you.

May you survive the blessing and break the world.

I get a very strange energy off of you.

Thank you.

Here.

What is

you took one of the mushrooms?

I did.

I don't know what this is.

Well, it's got a stupid name.

It's called the Spacefoot.

Why?

Because it looks a little like uh a foot.

And because it can survive in the void of space.

Spacefoot.

Why did you take this?

Because it's important.

If you can figure out how to process it, this little fungus can obliterate any disease it comes into contact with.

It's

one of the rarest things in existence.

How do you know that?

Because I used to smuggle them.

I thought it might help you to know that your friend's body isn't

lying in a tomb right now.

It's laying in a fucking pharmacy.

You know?

Who are you?

You realize you're not ready to ask me that question yet, right?

Yes.

Yes, I do.

Good.

It's a beautiful little thing, isn't it?

Yeah.

Tell everyone I said thank you.

I I will.

It's nice to meet you, Verge.

You too, Wichipoo.

Good night.

As the earth holds me,

as the sky sees me,

as the sun rises within me,

I step out to greet the day.

Come in.

Um,

hey there.

Hey, Doug, come in.

How are you doing?

Oh,

um,

I actually came in to see how you were doing.

Oh,

that's kind of you.

I'm so sorry about Cameron.

Thank you.

I didn't really know him.

I guess I didn't either.

Um, did he have any family?

No,

it was just him.

The whole place had really been taken over by mushrooms.

Yes.

How have you been feeling about that?

I imagine it's a little worrying for you.

Well, it's funny.

I...

What?

What?

It affected you.

It really did.

Yes.

Is it weird that that helped me?

How do you mean?

I've been hit by two snowplows, Trinket.

Yes.

I know, Doug.

I live in a small town at the top of a

very big mountain to avoid things like that happening, and it happened to me twice.

It did.

So

there's no getting away from it.

That's what I said to myself.

It's all inescapable, so I better just worry about everything all the time.

And you did.

And I did, all the time.

So there I would sit, either worrying about the things I did or worrying about the things that could happen, never on

the present moment, like you always tell me to do, and it sucks real bad, drink it.

I know.

And

I watch people walk around all day,

and they're fine.

They don't think about everything all the time like I do, and their minds are free

and clear, and

it's just today

for them.

And I really hate them for that sometimes.

Why can't I be like that?

Why can't it just be today

for me?

And then, um,

I saw you at Cameron's wake, and I saw you were upset.

And

I don't know, you

helped me by being upset, um,

just by being human.

And

I just thought that maybe, um, with you being here and us always coming to you with problems, maybe you feel like you always have to be,

um,

better,

like

above it all.

And

maybe

that's a little exhausting.

It really is sometimes.

There's a lot going on right now, Trinket.

It's okay to be freaked out like the rest of us.

In fact, maybe

you'd appreciate it.

Maybe it would help us.

Thank you for saying that.

I need to open the store.

You should

come by the sheep's eye sometime.

We'd all love to see you.

Even Frank.

Okay.

I'll think about it.

All right.

Have a good day, Trinket.

You too, Doug.

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