It's Halloween. Zebra, Mosquito, and Speck are working the desk. Mosquito is wearing that stupid color-runner costume that no one understands. Zebra has on cheap superhero costume without the mask so he just looks like he's wearing a weird jumpsuit. And Speck is wearing a cow costume customized with a hood, cape, mask, and more. Speck has been receiving compliments all morning, while the others get ignored. Some people come into Tartarus, seeing Speck before anyone else. They immediately start laughing. Speck waves at them. "Oh, no," the man says. "We weren't laughing at you. We were laughing at Zebra." Then they go over and lavish attention on him, calling him clever.
Speck is not petty and doesn't care if other people get compliments, however undeserving. What Speck doesn't care for is the attitude in the whole exchange. These people almost seemed offended that Speck might assume that they were laughing at anyone but Zebra. Imagine an adult scolding a small child "Not for you. Not for you."
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| How dare you take Zebra's laughter? |
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