>>5137241Tapping the glass table with their knuckles, your boss’ face lights up as the punchline prepares for launch! “<span class="mu-r">GLASS,</span> Stanley! Countless tiny, coarse, <span class="mu-i">insignificant</span> pieces!”
You pause mid-chew as you process things. You uh… you don’t get it.
“Well that’s where things get <span class="mu-i">interesting!</span>” Sonny gushes! “You see, they only found out what happened <span class="mu-i">after</span> the man died halfway to the hospital–tore his digestive tract to ribbons, as you can imagine! Talk about indigestion!”
Letting your fork drop to the table, you stop chewing as a sour taste spreads through your mouth…
“It took the police a few days to piece things together, but it could only have come from one place, couldn’t it? When they arrested the restaurant owner, it all made sense!”
Covering their mouth to slow their laughter, your boss continues to sputter out the rest of the story: “Th-the owner… was friends with him back in Middle School! And…” They stammer, barely holding their laughter in, “It was all because Lobster Man promised to take care of his guinea pig… but he <span class="mu-s">FORGOT</span>! He let it die!”
Sonny barely gets the rest of the story out before doubling over in hysterics! Slapping their thighs uncontrollably, your employer howls with laughter for a solid minute or two before finally regaining their composure with a few breaths from their mask.
“So…” they wheeze, “I just… I just found it so <span class="mu-i">interesting…</span>” Glancing at your leftovers through a teary eye, Sunny takes one last breath before regaining their composure. “... how someone could hold a <span class="mu-i">grudge</span> like that… all over some broken trust…”
Resting their chin on their hand, your boss gives you a genial smile from behind their mask. “Trust is… a funny thing, isn’t it?”
You blink in response.
“And you, Stanley… you’ve been trustworthy, haven’t you?”
You should probably answer that…
>YES–YES YOU HAVE!>NO–TELL THEM EVERYTHING: CLIFF AND THE GREASERS, YOUR MEETING WITH THE OPERATOR, THE DEADLY GOO YOU SWIPED FROM THE DAM…>K-KINDA! TELL THEM ABOUT ONE OR MORE THING FROM ABOVE! (WHICH ONES?)>DEFLECT–ARE THEY TRUSTWORTHY? REALLY?>CRY! IT GOT YOU OUT OF A SPEEDING TICKET ONCE!>WRITE-IN! 