Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE! Joe had gotten caught up in his textbook (a sure sign he was pursuing the right course of study) and not quite noticed a few people enter the shop. And then, suddenly, he realized there were a pair of children... staring at the fireworks. Joseph nearly slammed his book shut, but managed to fold the corner of his page down. "Can I help you kids find anything?" he asked, trying to be casual and not sound at all suspicious like he thought they were up to something. It was only years of trouble- fun-making of his own that had led him to this job, and he wasn't about to risk it by selling fireworks to...these kids had to be, what, about eight?
If he wasn't willing to give fireworks to his own eleven-year-old brother, he sure as Merlin wasn't going to sell fireworks to a pair of...adorable children like these. "Have you seen the Headless Hats?" |