Simon Essen, eight, this morning officially notified his parents of his intention to walk from home to Shuli’s Comix. He made a beautiful start and all went well till Alarum Park, at which point a violent storm appeared above him, drenching his clothes and hair with sudden fierceness. He ran for cover, certain he would have to turn and head for home, but even before he could reach the gazebo in the center of the park, the skies cleared in a marvelous manner and Simon was able to continue on into town and purchase the latest issue of Green Fox amid great enthusiasm. On page nine, Jason Teller, the nuclear scientist who had been shot with a radioactive bullet and transformed into a crusader equipped with the ability to control the flow of power, was himself caught in a rainstorm, and created around his head an invisible spherical shield that he, in a joking aside, referred to as a "braincoat." Simon laughed at that louder and longer than he would have before his walk.
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