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            Wodred stepped into the TV room.  There were so many branching corridors and turns to the left and right in the building that he had no idea where he was.  Of course it was reassuring to find not only a TV, but a group of people watching it, but this reassurance was quickly subsumed by his irritation at how loud the TV was.  One man among the group had glanced at him as he entered, but otherwise the remaining half dozen or so had remained transfixed by the ephemeral images on the screen.  Wodred slipped into one of the sofas scattered about and soon purposed to fart as strenuously as possible, gambling with himself that no one would hear it above the blare.
            Cooking up the stinker, Wodred studied the backs of the men’s heads.  They seemed to be lifeless except for occasional twitches, like the unconscious movement of a lion’s tail.  He presumed they were—wait, here comes the fart, he thought.  He rode the release like a man on a bicycle with no brakes.  The fart must be violent, but controlled.  He kept his eyes on the man who had seen him enter as he cut loose.
            As he had predicted, the sound could not be heard.
            On the screen, two fashion models were laughing at how easy it was to save money on car insurance.  The men, none of whom could possibly own a car, seemed spellbound by the contrived discussion.  Suddenly, Wodred was struck by the expanding wave of corruption.  It was a bad one.
            In his haste to exit the room before his secondary presence became known, Wodred attracted the attention of the one man, the latter offering to change the channel for him.


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