Chapter Seventy-Six
The young blond-haired man in a white lab coat presses the eye onto the Lion’s fur and holds it in place. His shaved head sweats as he works. The workshop is full of stuffed animals. He fits a large battery pack into the mounting board behind the Lion’s head, then tests it.
Many different types of fish stare out from their wooden mounts. A Zebra looks down alongside an Elephant and a Springbok deer. All of their dead eyes are watching. All of their dead ears are listening.
Cheetah sits patiently, staring up at the man as he passes by it and pats it on the head, then opens up the large Vanguard Freeze Dryer and pulls out a row of frozen fish. His nails are painted a light pink.
A green light flashes, he presses the remote button and the roller door opens. A white van
