2.c.iv
Shorty shorts
tech boy was crawling again. If he ever
got out of this hell-of-endless-vents and recounted his harrowing tale, he’d
explain that his courage redoubled when he thought about what his online
avatar, Mantech, would do in a situation like this. He wouldn’t crumple up and quit. He’d press on.
Of course,
short shorts tech boy would be lying. The
thing that actually motivated him into resuming forward movement was the scary,
growling sound he heard in the passage behind him which he promptly scrambled
away from, mewling and sobbing. He’d
also peed his shorty shorts, but he felt confident that no one would notice with
all the other foul grimes and jellies that already coated his lower half.