"Good. We also need to discuss another complication."
"What's that?"
"Not what — who. Don't worry, I've fired her. Just a precaution."
The Lab Coat Man nodded vaguely and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Well if you're just going to stand there," Denny said, "how about giving me a hand with this mouthwash?"
The Lab Coat Man frowned, but began to arrange the bottles of mouthwash (3 for $2) on the opposite shelf. "If I had known I was going to be shelving, I would have brought the new kid… Kurt. Why don't you just… move them, you know? Since we've unlocked one of the most important secrets of space and time, why not just—?"
"Not until after the final phase, I keep telling you! We don't know who's watching! Like that Nelson. What do we know about him?"
"Zeke knows that. Brings him his mail."
"Zeke?" Denny asked.
"What?" Zeke replied, filling his basket with hemorrhoid cream (2 for $3) fifteen feet up the aisle.