We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Bill

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In Virt

Ihad called a meeting of what Garfield had lately started calling “The Ancient Ones.” Myself, Garfield, Will, and Bob were seated in the moot pub, with Hugh attending via video window. Also in attendance were Howard and Bridget, simply because they’d picked this time to pop over and visit, saying they had some news.

Although I was displaying a calm demeanor—at least I thought so—Garfield was fairly vibrating in place. And in VR, where you could control your avatar at a pixel level, that was notable. Bob had already noticed Garfield’s excitement and was frowning in perplexity.

I opened my mouth to say the obvious, but Bob beat me to it. “You suppose we’re all wondering why you’ve gathered us here,” he said. “Now that we’ve got that out of the way, talk.”

I grinned at him, relieved that I could put the drama behind me.

“We’ve done it.”

Bob cocked his head. “You’ve figured out how they get the Tootsie Roll in the Tootsie Pop?”