What do you think tipped them off to start guarding that entrance? It had to be more than just us looking around, since that's been going on for ages. Now we have to blend in with the normies, which is a total drag.

Isn't there a saying about not judging a book by its cover? Well, maybe we should when the cover looks like it was made in MS Paint. I've picked up books with awful covers and found great stories inside, but it's like they're trying to hide it. Your book club might hate it, but you're just saving time by skipping the ugly ones. Sometimes a bad cover is the author's cry for help.

Cut my teeth" reminds me of working on my old car's carburetor. Felt like a wizard until everything went fuel injection and I was just a guy with the wrong manual.