The vampire half-brother of my friend the wizard was ordering twenty pizzas to be driven out and left by the side of a deserted road. It said a lot that I wasn't even fazed.

"You with the guy who-"

"Yeah," Thomas sighed to the clerk. To me, he elaborated. "He was busy."

"Ah," I said. "I was wondering what you were doing in here. Not really your style."

"Uh, dude, do you know why your friend does this? 'Cause we have a pool going in the back-"

"He's insane," Thomas replied blithely.

The clerk grinned. "Knew it."