They're at the highest point of the building now, so there's just one thing left to do. He pulls out the package they're meant to deliver from one of his belt pouches and places it on a charred end table. (It's wrapped in wax paper and twine. It's definitely just a chocolate chip cookie.)
He looks around reflexively as if expecting a horn to go off or a sign to pop out of nowhere. His own principal is fond of silly things like that back home. A student could cross the finish line bloody and beaten, but a cutesy picture would still pop up over it.
Now he celebrates, and not one moment before victory is secured, baring his teeth in a fierce smile.
"That's it then!!" He holds his balled hand out for a fist bump.
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"Not just yet--but here!"
They're at the highest point of the building now, so there's just one thing left to do. He pulls out the package they're meant to deliver from one of his belt pouches and places it on a charred end table. (It's wrapped in wax paper and twine. It's definitely just a chocolate chip cookie.)
He looks around reflexively as if expecting a horn to go off or a sign to pop out of nowhere. His own principal is fond of silly things like that back home. A student could cross the finish line bloody and beaten, but a cutesy picture would still pop up over it.
Now he celebrates, and not one moment before victory is secured, baring his teeth in a fierce smile.
"That's it then!!" He holds his balled hand out for a fist bump.