I mentioned back at the start of this story that I wrote it to submit to an anthology, whose strict length limit was why Varouforos’ adventures between the machinery room and the park ended up elided.

I suppose I had the opportunity to put them back in, but I like how quick this story moves, and even if it makes the relative timing of events a little more confusing, I prefer it this way; I could stand to write to length limits more often than I do.