Tessie raced to catch up to three young ninja strolling down the street. "Excuse me! Excuse me, do you children have a moment?" Tessie called.
" 'Children'?" the girl with multiple ponytails repeated coolly.
"I'm in the process of interviewing numerous ninja in the area, asking all of them the same question: what is it that makes a ninja?" Tessie said. She planted herself determinedly in their path and held up the microphone indiscriminately. "Anyone?"
"Get out of my way," said the disturbing-looking boy emotionlessly.
"Oh, you have time to answer one question, surely?" said Tessie brightly.
"Get out of my way, unless you want me to kill you," said the disturbing-looking boy coldly.
The girl with multiple ponytails and the boy with the mannequin case shared an alarmed glance.
The girl with multiple ponytails shoved Tessie to one side. "We really don't have time to talk right now."
The boy with the mannequin case joined in to shove Tessie farther away. "Get outta here!"
