Snowman wakes up from a disconcerting dream in which he was five years old and about to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He finds himself in the RejoovenEsence gatehouse. He sees a land crab in the corner of the room and throws a bottle at it. Snowman plans to head toward the central mall in search of food.
Snowman starts walking outside, but two groups of approaching pigoons force him to retreat into the gatehouse. He bolsters the door, which has a broken lock, with a large desk and wonders how long it will take his pursuers to get inside.
Snowman opens an interior door and finds a steep flight of stairs. Knowing that pigoons have legs too short for the stairs, he scrambles up them. Behind him, he hears the.....
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