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Murder 2.0
Walking along the side of the fence, which was really more of a wall, a sound came to the ears of Basil and Cherie… It vaguely sounded like a garbage truck going by at three in the morning. It was Murder 2.0 as the creature had been so generously or obviously named.
"That sounds horrible!" Cherie put her hands over her ears. She was a master of stating the obvious. So were a lot of other people at various times. Basil had nothing to say. He had heard bird cackles like that for years! "And why does that thing have a Mohawk?"
"I don't know, Cherie."
"And big goofy eyes?"
"I don't know, Cherie."
"And flaring nostrils?"
"I refer you to my previous answers, Cherie." Basil winced as Murder 2.0 let out another cry. Kneeling down to pick up a rock, Basil looked at the annoying bird. Who bred these things? Finally, he threw the rock at the bird. Murder 2.0 responded by… Breathing fire! A bird that breathed fire! Completely shocked, Basil looked at Cherie and asked the thing he had been thinking. "Who breeds these things?"
"I don't know, Basil."
"Who breeds a bird who breathes fire? Is it even a bird? It looks more like a dragon! As if I haven't had enough of those!" Basil looked at Murder 2.0 with a most spiteful look! "Why do these things exist? Do they exist just to make sport of me?"
"I don't know, Basil."
"Do you know any monsters like this, Cherie?"
"Can't say I do, Basil." Shaking his head, Basil walked away. Confused by Basil's sudden change of mood, Cherie followed him. "Basil?"
"I think we should get inside." He said. "More me than you… For all we know this thing could be the missing link between bird and reptile and if so there is a good chance it will want to kill me."
"Okay then." Said Cherie, giving a logical response.