Do you come here often? He asks with a cheesy, exaggerated Eyebrow waggle, intended to seem Ironic no doubt, to say “I don’t take myself too seriously.”

It’s easy to see why: Who could? Heart-shaped face, rusty hair. Hard eyes a muddy, glassy green. Sharp nose, out of place in this florid face. Wide mouth, always open, obscene.

The kind of mouth you can’t help but imagine Pressed to all those parts unknown. Unknown and untouched, make a Pioneer of the laughing man with the Swindler’s eyes.