* * * * *
David Xanatos sighed and stared at the small
green gargoyle as he fiddled with some buttons on the speakerphone/answering
machine. "How did I let you talk me into this, Lex?"
"I didn't. Fox did, remember?" He turned
to face the multibillionaire and grinned. "Besides, with more
humans and stuff comin' up here, the clan needs their own answering
machine...
*BEEP!* "Hey. None of us are here
right now. Well, actually, RIGHT now, we're all here. Well,
okay,
the rest of us are up in the courtyard but I'm here! But when
you call I won't be here. But I might be. Or
someone else will be."
"LEX!!"
"Hey, sorry! Anyway, use your best judgement
in deciding whether we're here or not. Bye!" *BEEP!*