” the older man yelled to the back of the store. While coming out from behind the counter, the tailor continued yelling at the other patron in the s...tore, “Better yet, why not put your jeans back on and come on out and meet a young man getting his first suit today.”“Okay, sure. I’ll be right out.”When Jacob circled the counter, it was easy to see that he had been standing on a riser. He picked up a paper pad and pulled a cloth tape measure (draped just like a stethoscope!) from around his neck.. “I got dressed as fast as I could and left for the party, hoping I wouldn’t see anyone in the house.”“Especially your dad.”“Right, but I didn’t see anyone. I drove to the party. Not a party, really, just some high school girlfriends, at my cousin Beth’s house. Her parents were away and we drank so much. My friend Natalie wanted to call a stripper, a stripper Santa, but no one knew how or where to find that, so we started joking about calling guys we knew. So, you know, we started comparing guys. “Freedom?” Apate said confused a moment. Within a few moments Apate’s eyes were wide. “What have you done?” She said her bottom lip trembling. “I can’t feel...”A loud roar issued from Dolos as he started to power up. “I told you I would ugh!” Dolos started, then doubled over from the elbow, that hit him square in the stomach.“I told you what I would do if anything happened to him.” Apate said.“How can I not? After what you started to say, that you can’t feel any longer.” A clearly upset Dolos. “ ... um, can I fit in there?” He made the attempt, stepping down a little ways until it was time to duck under where the floor became the stairway’s ceiling. “Yeap, barely.”“W-We don’t know what’s down there!” she said. There was brave, then there was suicidal.Art shrugged, and started down the stairs after Matt. “We can handle it,” he said, like it was a perfectly normal trip into the bowels of Earth. She grabbed Art’s hair once his descent brought his downward journey to her hip level, and.