Um…Mercer? Haven’t seen you in nearly a month. I was expecting something like, ‘Oh Cross, love of my heart, fire of my loins, how I’ve longed–
Bruce Wayne’s parents get killed and he goes to Tibet or whatever, and Superman is an alien, and Spiderman had that radioactive spider. Me? I kissed a janitor in the school bathroom.
But this room looked like it had been decorated by the unholy lovechild of Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake.
You know, I can see more than just the future or the past.Really? I asked, paging through through the papers in the file. Can you also see the present? Because I can do that, too. Like, right now, I sense that I’m in a messy room with a total toolbox.
Must be weird for you, having your mom here.Weird for me, weird for her, probably weird for you since you had to give up your swinging bachelor pad.Mrs. Casnoff let me install my heart-shaped Jacuzzi in my new dorm room.Cal, I said with mock astonishment, did you just make a joke?Maybe.
When someone tells you somebody’s been murdered, laughing is probably not the best response. You know, for future reference.But laughing is exactly what I did.