Tillicum having a Moment

A story from the series: Folk Tales from the Twelve Dominions

A scowling man in a faded violet t-shirt sits at a diner bar. It’s 11:00pm. He’s hunched over a meal of two eggs, bacon, and a couple slices of toast. The waitress in a black apron stands at the register to his left. Silently she enters an amount into the dated register. The clicks of her typing are muffled by the frying of bacon on the flat grill. The man sips from his black coffee. The waitress turns to walk toward the coffee machine near the end of the bar, but notices the man’s…