I rather like being this tall; I can sit anywhere I want in a movie theater, and no one is in my way. The only drawback is that I can’t stand in this trailer. I thought of tearing off the roof and building a sort of skylight down the middle-I’d do it myself, of course-but skylights are notorious for leaking, and then in the summer I’d have to worry about overheating this place. So instead, I’m looking into the feasibility of dropping the floor about a foot. Maybe even adding a basement.” My mouth fell open. Fortunately, it was still too early for flies. “You watch movies? Isn’t that a sin?” He offered me his hand, which was slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. “We’ll talk about it at lunch. In the meantime, here, let me help you up.” I graciously accepted, and soon was seated across from him in a galley that was far smaller than the state of Rhode Island. But since he’d turned off the Devil’s Chatterbox and had set a steaming bowl of delicious stew in front of me, it didn’t seem right for me to complain that my own knees were practically on either side of my face, a position I hadn’t assumed since .
