"the solution," said andy, staring back at otis.
"who exactly is the 'solution'?" asked otis.
andy lead otis down to the basement. otis could tell andy was in pain from his wound.
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otis opened the door to find a muscular delivery man dressed in a typical delivery man uniform and a brown baseball cap pulled over his eyes with a large brown square box beside him. "package for otis hemlock?"
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"hey, otis!" his brother exclaimed, the happy tone in his voice making venti wonder if his little sibling leapt into otis' arms.
when he entered the living room, he was disappointed to see ted was seated on the couch with otis.
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"yup, this is otis," venti said. "otis, this is my dad."
otis shook hands, then said "pleasure to meet you, mister west."
"you're almost as tall as my son."
"he's three inches shorter than me, poor thing," venti said.
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otis' tone changed.
"hey, diesel. how's it going?" there was a long pause on the phone before the other end answered.
"otis?" otis shifted and leaned against the phone booth.
"lets cut to the chase.
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otis looked away in silence, while felix spoke up, "we'll monitor athena's wake-up sequence and integration with the system. otis?"
"just give me a moment," otis whispered.
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Art stared into the now full ice bin, refusing to look at ted and otis. "i'm terrified."
"it's definitely a major life change, that's for sure," otis said.
"i feel like i'm in way over my head," art said with a sigh.
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"actually, reggie, i'm going to stay at otis's place."
"like hell you are, son," his dad growled. "i don't know this otis."
"don't worry, dad. i've known otis for years. he won't do anything to sully what little dignity ted has."
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"oh, hi otis."
"hey, art," otis said with a smile." can you make me an americano and whatever ted wants."
"i'll just take a banana smoothie," ted said, sitting on one of the stools in front of art's barista station. "i came over with my dad."
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