Mandy puts her chin in her hands and stares off into space. "Thoughts from Wisconson cheese. Is Elvis really a donut-starved thug, or is Achmed just going insane again? The mutant penguins are taking over Argentina, and Blue got his picture in the paper because of it. Pimento cheese; what is it and why do people use it on their hampsters? What is the eleven-letter word that all smart people spell incorrectly? What is the number that is one-tenth of one-half of one-fifth of 6,000? If we all die tomorrow, no one will care. Who am I? I am Jean Valjean. Your shadow lives by the name of James Barron. Feel the tree. Think the tree. Be the tree. But whatever you do, don't cut your thumb while opening a letter from Duke with your earlobes."